Sinéad O’Connor (1966-2023), folk songs, and Bob Marley’s “War"

I began yesterday evening listening to videos that friends were posting on Facebook after the death of Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023). A performance of "He Moved Through The Fair" led me to her performances of other folk songs, including brilliant versions of "Molly Malone", "The Foggy Dew", and "Danny Boy", with the last in an a capella performance. I left the United States in June 1991, so I only heard from a distance about O'Connor's a capella performance of Bob Marley's "War" on Saturday Night Live on 3 October 1992 and the ensuing controversy. NBC and SNL apparently still censor the clip, but a video with Spanish subtitles is available on YouTube. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 27 July 2023)