The proclaimers letter from america
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Letter from America (song)
1987 single by the Proclaimers
"Letter from America" is a song written and performed by Scottish band The Proclaimers, that appears on their 1987 debut album, This Is the Story.
The track was a Top 3 hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom, whilst making the Top 30 in Belgium and The Netherlands and also charting in Germany.
The proclaimers letter from america
Background and composition
Lyrically, the song reflects Scotland's long history of emigration, with Scots leaving behind economic depression in their own nation to start new lives in America and Canada ("the day you sailed from Wester Ross to Nova Scotia").
There is also an allusion to the enforced emigrations of the Highland Clearances when wealthy landowners forcibly evicted whole communities in order to turn their land over to the more profitable enterprise of raising sheep, and comparison of the impact of the Highland clearances to that of 1980s Thatcherite economic policies.
Both of these themes are portrayed on the