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Jul 27, 2022Liked by The Dreadnoughts

It's crazy that a Canadian band can make the most Midwestern song I ever heard, with the possible exception of The Killigan's version of The Cornhusker. Great song.

Played this for my wife after her folks 50th(!) wedding anniversary. She's happy she found somebody who loves polka. So we got that going for us...

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Jul 26, 2022Liked by The Dreadnoughts

My great-uncle Henry would heartily approve. He was a Black Sea German (from Kassel / Komarivka, Ukraine) with a lifelong accordion habit. Thank you for keeping the music alive.

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Jul 24, 2022Liked by The Dreadnoughts

A lovely song that, I must confess, makes me weepy every time. Puts me in mind of my own losses (it's been rough times for all, eh?), but in a cathartic kind of way? Thanks for that.

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Feb 19Liked by The Dreadnoughts

I loved this song from the beginning because it reminded me of my grandparents, weddings that "didn't count if we don't polka", polka masses growing up (the polka stuck, the catholicism didn't) and the stories my grandma would tell about polka parties when she was a teenager. But today I found out Grandma's in the hospital with pneumonia from COVID, and listening to it is bringing me great comfort.

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