The Music Quiz: Sinéad O’Connor’s Famine borrows lyrics from which Beatles classic?

Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, an all-Irish musical quiz

Sinéad O’Connor’s Universal Mother, which has the song Famine

Tony Clayton-Lea

Wed Mar 12 2025 - 05:00

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