awesome song, great video....always makes me tear up cuz in the almost 100 years since the Great War began all we've learned is how to make better killing technology.....
Also it doesn't matter what country he's from it speaks to all the soldiers of the great war. Australian, Irish, Canadian, scot, American, French, English, Belgian, Russian, German, Turkish, Austrian,and Bulgaian it all speaks of them.
The name was made up by the artist who is a Scottsman living in Australia. Doesn't matter if he was called John Smith, it's about all young men going to war.
According to the song, the gravestone of the soldier, Willie McBride, says he was 19 years old when he died in 1916. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, there were eight soldiers named "William McBride", and a further six listed as "W. McBride", who died in France or Belgium during World War I but none matches the soldier in the song. Two "William McBrides" and one "W. McBride" died in 1916 but one is commemorated in the Thiepval Memorial and has no gravestone. The other two ar
If you feel the urge to argue on this page with it's background and you can't rise above it then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you want to know anything about willie then wikipedia him.
Well since he dies in 1916 he couldn't have been an American, for sure not French or German. Scottish is the best guess in them all. Yet I see where everyone else is coming from, it was a senseless war and it was a horrible war. I feel as a American I get deprived from knowing the histories of things like this.
Does it matter if he was Irish, Scottish, German , French-- only that it was a terrible war and we lost so many.. May they rest in Peace! The song is a beautiful way to remember a terrible war.
@Dan90iel1 Mc is also Irish, I know, Im Irish and my Surname begins with Mc.. My name originated in County Cork Ireland almost 1000 years ago. And yes the Willie McBride this song is dedicated to was Irish. He was a member of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who were an Irish Regiment. The 19-year-old Private William McBride is buried in Authuille British Cemetery, near Albert and Beaumont-Hamel, where the Inniskilling Fusilliers were deployed as part of the 29th Division. Great song by the way!
what nationality its about matters not, its the sentiment that matters. It would have had no less significant impact had it have been a German name, or a French, Or Belgian etc
Well I had a whole shit ton written to realize it doesn't show up so that's fantastic ha . Anyhow long story short I had a great dad though he was abused and longed for his fathers love I would have never known it I don't know why I felt compelled to write but I know he taught me regardless of gender or nationality were all human let's forget the petty shit . Great song ! Aren't we all Irish anyways ?? Ha :) have a great night guys take care much love from the U.S. Shannon
Regardless of ancestry what I can is that the Irish,British, and Australians can all relate and that's what really matters I am American Irish we all really need to quit caring about the lil things like really I don't give a shit who he was talking about it was somebody and it painted a beautiful picture that's what matters ;) It reminds me of my father Paddy Mulhall who I lost recently though he never fought he was a hurt lost soul who wanted too and would tell me all the time he was so sad a
As to the song itself well both Scotland and Australian can claim it. Scotland because Bogle was a Scot - and Australia because he'd recently moved to Australia when he penned the song.
@Forthereckoning There is no actual evidence that it is about anyone in particular. The name McBride was used obviously because it rhymed with graveside whereas something like Smith wouldn't have. He may have used Willie because it was actually on a grave or he may have simply used Willie because it scanned in the lyric. Whatever the song is about the fallen and not one idividual. All this saying the song is about this or that soldier is making a story to fit the lyric more than anything else.
this song reminds me of my eldest brother Patrick Kingston who sadly lost his life in a car crash not far from his home in Bantry bay west cork on the 6th august 1972. in my mind and in my heart he will allways be young, miss you Paddy as much today as ever. thanku for posting this song
this song reminds me of my eldest brother Patrick Kingston who was killed in a car crash at the tender age of 20 near his home in Bantry bay, west cork. in my heart an mind he will allways be young, and the only photo i have of him is battered and worn but its very precious to me. thankyou for the posting
@nmcd90 "its hard to tell which McBride they singing about" The Scottish folk singer Hamish Imlach was with fellow Scot, Eric Bogle, in a German hotel when Bogle started to pen the song. They had visited war cemetries in northern France just a day or so beforehand. Bogle said he'd indiscriminately remembered a name "ie Willie McBride" but he probably only remembered it because it rhymed with graveside. It was about any or all of the soldiers. Just happened to use that name!
i was under the impression he's a soldier who gave us our freedom,?? would you do the same... most of you can't even get a job, never mind defend you right's...??
People, please LISTEN to the words. It's a song about loss of innocence, ultimate sacrifice, loss and the folly of war. That WIllie is English is irrelevant. A post from a year ago stated that it's about an Australian, Irishman, American, Canadaian or a Scot. But it's also abput the French, Belgians and Russians who were in the middle and the Germans, Turks, Hungarians and Bulgarians on the other side. In the end, it's about the senseless waste, and that on the battlefield, nobody wins.
The song was written by Eric Bogle while he was on vacation in France, and visiting a WWI cemetary. He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song.
@smacksdiggum "He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song." The narrator in the song sits down by the graveside. Doesn't men the songwriter did. Hamish Imlach said he was with Bogle in a hotel in Germany when Bogle started to pen the song.
The song was written by Eric Bogle while he was on vacation in France, and visiting a WWI cemetary. He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song.
from the Borders and is still integral to Common Riding celebrations. It laments the massive loss of life after the Batlle of Flodden. To a fellow Borderer - Bogle is obviously drawing a comparison between the futile loss of life in different centuries! The song is obviously about all the fallen and Willie Mcbride is in many ways like the "un-named soldier" in that he represents all the war dead.
The song has decidedley Scottish undertones, and actually it can be pinpointed more clearly to that region of Scotland called the Borders. Eric Bogle was a Borderer who movd to Oz when he was about 25 and this song was written not long after he'd moved away from Scotland. He physically wrote the song in Germany not long after visiting Briitsh war graves in France. The use of the Flowers of the Forest in the refrain is not just about it being used by Scots in the British army. The song emanates
The war to end wars, it's happened again & again!!!, & again. We NEVER learn, centuries of indifferance. One of the best anti war songs, unfortunately there are some nasty bastards around.
Nice tune, nice voice, but IT WAS NOT "In vain". We have Wille Mcbride and others like him to thank for our freedom. If it wasn't for them, we'd all be living in dictatorships. Thank God that there is courage in this world.
@JesusIsMessiah101 In fact it was the disruptive ending to WWI that set the stage for the dictatorships of WWII. Before 1914 the primary countries of the First World War were monarchies, most of which were distroyed at the end of the war. Considering the consequences and the political situation that has lasted even today, I'm not so sure that the outcome was all for the best.
Can't be an American, they sat on the fence until 1917 and let the real heroes, the British, Canadians, French, Australians, Scotsman, Indians etc…. even the Italians in WW1. I guess there was no money in it for them until it was almost over. Listen to the song Willie died in 1916.
@MrWaverleyman The song isn't about one person, it is a tribute to all the fallen, so the facts don't need to fit. The name McBride was probably not used indiscriminately but because it rhymes with graveside. sixteen was probably used because it scanned with nineteen whereas seventeen wouldn't have. What we have here is people trying to fit real facts to what is just a song!
So, apparently some people are retarded, because several people actually went to the grave yard the maker of this song had gone to to get his inspiration, and there was no record of a Willie or William Mcbride who fits the description. There were several, but the only 19 year old died in like 1914, not 1916, and the other two or three were way older. So.. this song isn't about any one real person. Its about all of them. So SHUT UP AND ENJOY THE FLIPPIN SONG.
this war took place 95 years ago Australia was young then so could have been any anglo saxon or norman , doesnt matter its a good song about a terrible war , who cares if its about Dim Sim Mcbride doesnt matter now.
these were young men who "bought" the politicians nonsense that they were protecting democracy (whatever that is).i know what it is to lose a son......the nationality doesn't matter my friends.they /where ALL someone's son/ brother/dad.
mans imhumamantiy to man knows no ends there will always be wars but rememer the political chattering class it aint your sons or daughters who die ,its usually the young poor class who fight there hearts out for your failed policies,anyone who dies in battle war deserves to rest in peace and the utmost respect
to all the veterans of the great war, world war 2, the korean war, vietnam and both iraq wars god bless you and keep you. you went to war to help and protect the innocent and ended up paying the ultimate price. You will never be forgotten.
Trigger, I also am thankful to your Grandfather and all those men like him, Only for people like them, we (the Irish) would still be under Britians rule. I just think it's a pity more ppl don't realise what those Nobel Men did for or generation.
My Grandfather was one of the "Yanks" that was "over there." He served in the 3rd Infantry Division, "Rock of the Marne." So did I! However, I served in 2003-2004 in Iraq. My poor grandfather never recovered from the emphysema brought about by the gas. He was not a smoker. He died in 1965. I'm thankful to him for his service and to the Aussies, Irish, Scots, English, Canadians, French, and other allies that gave it their all to "end wars." Too bad it didn't work!
Private William Mc Bride of the 9th Battillion Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers was an Irishman, born in Armagh. He was actually 21 when he died on 22nd of April 1916.
patrickbyme9 u make me sick,the shit they went through so we are here today,u are a very disrespectful person,u do not deserve to be here,,u are the type that puts his tail between his legs and runs,u disgust me
This will be played on Continental Drift, 10radio.org August 20th, 5:30 to 7 pm in the UK, 9:30 to 11 am in California and BC. For playlist, see wendelinn.
Every time i hear this song i rember all my friends and i will never forget the ones that paid the the biggest price for our freedoms . I Thank all the men and women in the arm forces for thier sacrfices they make. For our Freedoms
why do the the brits always send their kids of 2 war and then cry when they get the shit kicked out of them what about the poor people never left in peace by u war mongeron bastards
Two generations of young men lost in two wars. We still haven't learnt the lessons. Korea, Vietnam etc etc. God keep and bless all the men and women working in war zones.
Eric Bogle reckons this is the best version (of many) of his song I am not sure I agree, but John McDermott has a brilliant voice and sings it with great emotion. Must be the Irish in me that leans to The Fureys.
@357HFC Johns mother and father were both Irish although they lived and emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Theres no real difference between the Scots and Irish anyway.
@Tlax13 Guys......... It's was just a song written by Eric Bogle a Scot linging in Australia......... under the title"No Mans Land" he also wrote"The band Played Walzing Matilda"...
I love this song so much, it makes me even more proud to be Scottish, it also reminds me of my grandfather. John McDermott is one of the best, love all of his music
@Dan90iel1 Cause this fight club ya claddagh dawg. heres mudd in yer eye, Johnnie never died, I go that way for him. Mau from G'thrr ya rebs. 0922 out
@Dan90iel1 thanks mate for postig this. as you see the people here don´t even listen for the words, and they refuse to learn. love this song and hope you keep posting these songs for some people who realy appriciate this. please excuse my English but I think you know what I mean.
How the fuck did this become about Keeping Ulster British.. what a fucktard arguemtn to have in this thread.... just so you know, as thrid party, Australian of Saxon/Jutt heritage, Ulster is Irish, stolen by the England, just like Scottland, Wales and half of North America and my own Australia.. Keep england English, GTFO of everywhere else.. now STFU and listen to this amazing song, and try learn something fucktard
My uncle died three days ago. He was a veteran. This would be the first time I've seen a military funeral. The chorus of this song makes more sense now.
very sad, we should all remeber those who 'gave' their lives for us. shall we never learn? every morning it seems new war-linked horror appers on the news. can we really contiune living this way? first heard this in rememberance assembally at school , i was nearly in tears. god bless them all.
I first heard this song in a pub in Dublin----I cried all the way through--nothing has changed.
God Bless all Who Lost Their Lifes To 'Save' All ----We Still Havent Learnt From The Tragic World Wars--'We' are Still Sending 17year olds Who Lose Their Lifes Fighting 'Someone Elses Battle' !
Why do you all continue to generalise about a country on the actions of its government? Do I sem like someone who would march into Baghdad armed? Do most soldiers seem like they would march into baghdad armed? I refuse to be associated with bastards like Tony Blair or anyone else who pulled us into a war based on generalistion. The First World War was a huge waste of young life. Go read "Dulce et Decorum Est" by wilfred owen, and then tell me the Brits are all bullies.
You're right but do you think Scotts and Irish wanted to join the war that time? They didn't because they are united with England and had to go to war.
the irish didnt have to go to war in WW1 because conscription wasnt introduced in ireland by the british government, so any Irish that fought in WW1 did so voluntarily.
A sill argument about Ulster and majority nine counties, Provinces have no true political context and are only apprximations of older kingdoms. Northern Ireand was created to give a significant minority in Irealnd an enclvae that they wanted. It invevitably included nationalist communities but then the republic included loyalists. As for England stealing Ulster, the majioity of Anglo Irish settlement was around the Dublin pale now in the republic. Most NI Unionists have Scottish ancestry.
lonewolf wtf does tis av 2 do wit keepin ulster british ??? its about men who gv their livers for freedom ... there were thousands of southern irish men who fought alongside the uvf so gt ur self an education & keep politics out of it !!GOD BLESS THE MEN & WOMEN WHO GAVE THIER LIVES RIP
to makaveli88888. i was making a comment on what algy 741 had said and anknowleging thats his mate didn't die in vain. i was not dis-respecting any one, no matter where they lived. i am aware that north an dsouth od Ireland fought and died togather.
Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the trenches of World War I, was a reluctant soldier who became a powerful eyewitness to the horror of war, and a symbol of a lost generation.
Patch, who died Saturday at 111, was wounded in 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele, which he remembered as "mud, mud and more mud mixed together with blood."
John, you have a talent that was a blessing from God and you use it very well
This song says it all and touches our hearts as no other can. We can never those who paid the price for our freedom, we owe them respect and honor. May they all rest in peace and may God bless and propect those serving today all over the world. Thank you for this posting.
When I hear this song, I think of all the teenage boys who died, not really knowing why they were there in the first place! When you really think about it--a 19 year old boy doesn't care much about politcal ideology and/or whether followers Allah or Jesus started the war. God Bless their souls
the loyalist of ulster will never forget these who givet here lifes, to keep ulster british god bless them all, And pace and respect to there loved ones
"keep ulster british...." I wish that was a joke. That's what the british do, steal a land, kill and/or deport those who live there
all because they want more and more of what is not theirs. They built their empire on sins. I'm from Quebec in canada, our ancestors and acadians were killed and the rest deported in boats, by the british, without food, hygene for months causing the death of many many of them. ....... keep ulster british........ damn....
To richfolk. i am not saying that every thing the british gov has done was right, it is my view being born in Ulster i wish it to remain british. that is my right and i allow others to have there rights and opinons.
Unlike the Quebecois who have stolen the land from the native Americans and are continuing to oppress them. No coincidence that the 'Indians' want nothing to do with an independent Quebec. BTB who rescued your French cousins in 2 World Wars?
Oh and justa thought - the majority in Ulster wish to remain as part of Britain not as part of a united Ireland. Perfidious Albion would probably like to get shot of them because they are expensive trouble makers.
Awsom job Im glad there is a few who are are willing to remember I just hope that there is room to remember our boys out there to day some dieing some mamed some going home as a person but not themselves I just hope that we remember them again again and again
maybe his mum was irish and his dad scottish
L9MASTERz 1 month ago
Nicely done. Thank you.
MrOldgold45s 2 months ago
does such tragedy have a nationality, There were Willie Mcbrides from all Country's. Let's not let it happen again.....
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awesome song, great video....always makes me tear up cuz in the almost 100 years since the Great War began all we've learned is how to make better killing technology.....
Also it doesn't matter what country he's from it speaks to all the soldiers of the great war. Australian, Irish, Canadian, scot, American, French, English, Belgian, Russian, German, Turkish, Austrian,and Bulgaian it all speaks of them.
Vassilli42 2 months ago
The name was made up by the artist who is a Scottsman living in Australia. Doesn't matter if he was called John Smith, it's about all young men going to war.
dgralow 2 months ago
@dgralow Dont he living in Canada?
Dan90iel1 2 months ago
According to the song, the gravestone of the soldier, Willie McBride, says he was 19 years old when he died in 1916. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, there were eight soldiers named "William McBride", and a further six listed as "W. McBride", who died in France or Belgium during World War I but none matches the soldier in the song. Two "William McBrides" and one "W. McBride" died in 1916 but one is commemorated in the Thiepval Memorial and has no gravestone. The other two ar
dizzeerosco 2 months ago
If you feel the urge to argue on this page with it's background and you can't rise above it then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you want to know anything about willie then wikipedia him.
dizzeerosco 2 months ago
Well since he dies in 1916 he couldn't have been an American, for sure not French or German. Scottish is the best guess in them all. Yet I see where everyone else is coming from, it was a senseless war and it was a horrible war. I feel as a American I get deprived from knowing the histories of things like this.
loringthegreat 2 months ago
Does it matter if he was Irish, Scottish, German , French-- only that it was a terrible war and we lost so many.. May they rest in Peace! The song is a beautiful way to remember a terrible war.
carol361fly 3 months ago
Does it matter if he was Irish, Scottish, German , French-- only that it was a terrible war and we lost so many.. May they rest in Peace!
carol361fly 3 months ago
tote haben keine nationalität
duadau 3 months ago
As sad as it is, I like it. You do good work! I've played the versions of this song at least 30 times. Thanks lots for posting it.
beehive41 3 months ago
shut up asses. willie was irish.all the spoilt brats saying where he was from.
bansheewhiskey 3 months ago
@bansheewhiskey How can you be sure? He got a Scottish lastname
Dan90iel1 3 months ago
@Dan90iel1 bride is an irish surname. the 0 and mc is for fools like you to debate over.
bansheewhiskey 3 months ago
@bansheewhiskey Mc is scottish.Scottish lastname starts with mc,so dont lie.
Dan90iel1 3 months ago
@Dan90iel1 Mc is also Irish, I know, Im Irish and my Surname begins with Mc.. My name originated in County Cork Ireland almost 1000 years ago. And yes the Willie McBride this song is dedicated to was Irish. He was a member of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who were an Irish Regiment. The 19-year-old Private William McBride is buried in Authuille British Cemetery, near Albert and Beaumont-Hamel, where the Inniskilling Fusilliers were deployed as part of the 29th Division. Great song by the way!
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McNico32 2 months ago
@bansheewhiskey The songwriter is Scottish, and "Flowers of the Forest" is Scottish. Ultimatley, it doesn't matter. That's not what the song's about.
Nickly80 3 months ago
@bansheewhiskey it doesnt matter where he was from
00die00991 2 months ago
what nationality its about matters not, its the sentiment that matters. It would have had no less significant impact had it have been a German name, or a French, Or Belgian etc
runrigtam 3 months ago
This is a lovely offering from you and John McDermott is a lovely man and a lovely singer. I am so appreciative. Thank you.
byline7844 4 months ago
one country young men killing other country young men pointless
MrGorebhoy 4 months ago
It's a beautiful song. Well sung and video is well done, too. Nuff said.
gigglegoose4 4 months ago
IMHO bout an irish man who signed to the U.V.F
earwigrus1975 4 months ago
Well I had a whole shit ton written to realize it doesn't show up so that's fantastic ha . Anyhow long story short I had a great dad though he was abused and longed for his fathers love I would have never known it I don't know why I felt compelled to write but I know he taught me regardless of gender or nationality were all human let's forget the petty shit . Great song ! Aren't we all Irish anyways ?? Ha :) have a great night guys take care much love from the U.S. Shannon
chrono903 4 months ago
Regardless of ancestry what I can is that the Irish,British, and Australians can all relate and that's what really matters I am American Irish we all really need to quit caring about the lil things like really I don't give a shit who he was talking about it was somebody and it painted a beautiful picture that's what matters ;) It reminds me of my father Paddy Mulhall who I lost recently though he never fought he was a hurt lost soul who wanted too and would tell me all the time he was so sad a
chrono903 4 months ago
The song is about one person or one nation it a name because it fitted in well with the song the song is about ever solider that has fought and died.
LachlanRFC 5 months ago
As to the song itself well both Scotland and Australian can claim it. Scotland because Bogle was a Scot - and Australia because he'd recently moved to Australia when he penned the song.
gaconnochie 5 months ago
Its about an Irish soldier and written by a Scottish man.Simple as.
Forthereckoning 5 months ago
@Forthereckoning There is no actual evidence that it is about anyone in particular. The name McBride was used obviously because it rhymed with graveside whereas something like Smith wouldn't have. He may have used Willie because it was actually on a grave or he may have simply used Willie because it scanned in the lyric. Whatever the song is about the fallen and not one idividual. All this saying the song is about this or that soldier is making a story to fit the lyric more than anything else.
gaconnochie 5 months ago
Regardless however "Willie McBride" is all encompassing, a euphemism for the millions of innocent young men slaughtered
rosscopeeco69 6 months ago
Willie McBride was NOT a scot he was Irish (British) post 1921.
rosscopeeco69 6 months ago
God bless the ANZACS.
JamIndia5 6 months ago
Willie was a Scot, and was British.
nottyash100 6 months ago
Willy McBride was an Australlian Solder so all of you dear people quit argueing about it !
philmoretfudpucket 6 months ago
Well done... good video! I showed it to my pupils in a history lesson. Thank you!
Gibbs4711 6 months ago
this song reminds me of my eldest brother Patrick Kingston who sadly lost his life in a car crash not far from his home in Bantry bay west cork on the 6th august 1972. in my mind and in my heart he will allways be young, miss you Paddy as much today as ever. thanku for posting this song
Mary x x
jugglesone 7 months ago
this song reminds me of my eldest brother Patrick Kingston who was killed in a car crash at the tender age of 20 near his home in Bantry bay, west cork. in my heart an mind he will allways be young, and the only photo i have of him is battered and worn but its very precious to me. thankyou for the posting
mary xx
jugglesone 7 months ago
The attitude express above shows why willie McBride Died and how, sadly, we have for to go in realising this truth.
Ye are all the fruits of one tree
The leafs of one branch
and the flowers of one garden
No man chooses where he comes from and how he speaks
MikeCooperish 7 months ago 5
its hard to tell which McBride they singing about there were eight soldiers named "William McBride and and a further six listed as "W. McBride
nmcd90 7 months ago
@nmcd90 "its hard to tell which McBride they singing about" The Scottish folk singer Hamish Imlach was with fellow Scot, Eric Bogle, in a German hotel when Bogle started to pen the song. They had visited war cemetries in northern France just a day or so beforehand. Bogle said he'd indiscriminately remembered a name "ie Willie McBride" but he probably only remembered it because it rhymed with graveside. It was about any or all of the soldiers. Just happened to use that name!
gaconnochie 7 months ago
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american accent???...fuck off.
euroman32589 7 months ago
@euroman32589 Why are you swearing to my video? for what reason?
Dan90iel1 7 months ago 2
@Dan90iel1 ..because i can.
euroman32589 7 months ago
i was under the impression he's a soldier who gave us our freedom,?? would you do the same... most of you can't even get a job, never mind defend you right's...??
macadaims 8 months ago
i was under the impression it's about a soldier,,,?? who helped give us our freedom???.
macadaims 8 months ago
willy McBride was infact a young Scotish soldier killed on the Somme 1961 and is buried in France
betts1944 8 months ago
People, please LISTEN to the words. It's a song about loss of innocence, ultimate sacrifice, loss and the folly of war. That WIllie is English is irrelevant. A post from a year ago stated that it's about an Australian, Irishman, American, Canadaian or a Scot. But it's also abput the French, Belgians and Russians who were in the middle and the Germans, Turks, Hungarians and Bulgarians on the other side. In the end, it's about the senseless waste, and that on the battlefield, nobody wins.
quesneljpq 8 months ago 13
@quesneljpq
couldn't have said it any better
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The song was written by Eric Bogle while he was on vacation in France, and visiting a WWI cemetary. He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song.
smacksdiggum 8 months ago
@smacksdiggum "He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song." The narrator in the song sits down by the graveside. Doesn't men the songwriter did. Hamish Imlach said he was with Bogle in a hotel in Germany when Bogle started to pen the song.
gaconnochie 7 months ago
The song was written by Eric Bogle while he was on vacation in France, and visiting a WWI cemetary. He sat down in front of tombstone that said William McBride Age 19, and wrote the song.
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It really is about an Ulsterman
LordWellington15 8 months ago
from the Borders and is still integral to Common Riding celebrations. It laments the massive loss of life after the Batlle of Flodden. To a fellow Borderer - Bogle is obviously drawing a comparison between the futile loss of life in different centuries! The song is obviously about all the fallen and Willie Mcbride is in many ways like the "un-named soldier" in that he represents all the war dead.
gaconnochie 8 months ago
The song has decidedley Scottish undertones, and actually it can be pinpointed more clearly to that region of Scotland called the Borders. Eric Bogle was a Borderer who movd to Oz when he was about 25 and this song was written not long after he'd moved away from Scotland. He physically wrote the song in Germany not long after visiting Briitsh war graves in France. The use of the Flowers of the Forest in the refrain is not just about it being used by Scots in the British army. The song emanates
gaconnochie 8 months ago
I love this song, and you did a great job. TY for this!
Speechless501 9 months ago
The war to end wars, it's happened again & again!!!, & again. We NEVER learn, centuries of indifferance. One of the best anti war songs, unfortunately there are some nasty bastards around.
rafhenlow 10 months ago
Nice tune, nice voice, but IT WAS NOT "In vain". We have Wille Mcbride and others like him to thank for our freedom. If it wasn't for them, we'd all be living in dictatorships. Thank God that there is courage in this world.
JesusIsMessiah101 11 months ago 2
@JesusIsMessiah101 In fact it was the disruptive ending to WWI that set the stage for the dictatorships of WWII. Before 1914 the primary countries of the First World War were monarchies, most of which were distroyed at the end of the war. Considering the consequences and the political situation that has lasted even today, I'm not so sure that the outcome was all for the best.
Jelennuie 8 months ago
Can't be an American, they sat on the fence until 1917 and let the real heroes, the British, Canadians, French, Australians, Scotsman, Indians etc…. even the Italians in WW1. I guess there was no money in it for them until it was almost over. Listen to the song Willie died in 1916.
MrWaverleyman 11 months ago
@MrWaverleyman The song isn't about one person, it is a tribute to all the fallen, so the facts don't need to fit. The name McBride was probably not used indiscriminately but because it rhymes with graveside. sixteen was probably used because it scanned with nineteen whereas seventeen wouldn't have. What we have here is people trying to fit real facts to what is just a song!
gaconnochie 8 months ago
So, apparently some people are retarded, because several people actually went to the grave yard the maker of this song had gone to to get his inspiration, and there was no record of a Willie or William Mcbride who fits the description. There were several, but the only 19 year old died in like 1914, not 1916, and the other two or three were way older. So.. this song isn't about any one real person. Its about all of them. So SHUT UP AND ENJOY THE FLIPPIN SONG.
Gwyogurt 11 months ago 2
i think if it mentions 1916 then its irish haha
CokDeliYaaa 1 year ago
@CokDeliYaaa how do you know that maybe something else happened in 1916.... It wasnt just the Easter Rising
LordWellington15 8 months ago
Beautiful <3
Scibell13 1 year ago
this war took place 95 years ago Australia was young then so could have been any anglo saxon or norman , doesnt matter its a good song about a terrible war , who cares if its about Dim Sim Mcbride doesnt matter now.
greatmind09 1 year ago 2
these were young men who "bought" the politicians nonsense that they were protecting democracy (whatever that is).i know what it is to lose a son......the nationality doesn't matter my friends.they /where ALL someone's son/ brother/dad.
lets respect the sacrifice these boys made.R.I.P.
shiny4127 1 year ago
Dan, The song is terric. No fights here....... Perhaps I am a stranger for I see all men equal. What I see is a need for mutual respect.
Ascaidh 1 year ago
English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh - they were all young men with wifes, girlfriends and mothers, does it realy matter where they were from.
And not forgetting the men of Australia, Canada, India and the Commonwealth, catholic or protestant, hindu or muslim, I think about them all.
Whitbywatcher 1 year ago
rip all soldiers everywhere
gravem1894 1 year ago 3
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t wasn't for King or for England I died,
It wasn't for glory or the Empire's pride.
The reason I went was both simple and clear:
To stand up for freedom did I volunteer.
It's easy for you to look back and sigh,
And pity the youth of those days long gone by,
For us who were there, we knew why we died,
And I'd do it again, says Willie McBride.
These men were all so brave :'(
MasqueradeMisfortune 1 year ago
t wasn't for King or for England I died,
It wasn't for glory or the Empire's pride.
The reason I went was both simple and clear:
To stand up for freedom did I volunteer.
It's easy for you to look back and sigh,
And pity the youth of those days long gone by,
For us who were there, we knew why we died,
And I'd do it again, says Willie McBride.
These men were all so brave :'(
MasqueradeMisfortune 1 year ago
@MasqueradeMisfortune Be prepared for a new world war.It's coming very soon.
Dan90iel1 6 days ago
mans imhumamantiy to man knows no ends there will always be wars but rememer the political chattering class it aint your sons or daughters who die ,its usually the young poor class who fight there hearts out for your failed policies,anyone who dies in battle war deserves to rest in peace and the utmost respect
halfloaf41 1 year ago
My heart goes out to the victims of imperial terrorism.
MaynoothRed 1 year ago
to all the veterans of the great war, world war 2, the korean war, vietnam and both iraq wars god bless you and keep you. you went to war to help and protect the innocent and ended up paying the ultimate price. You will never be forgotten.
stefansmom 1 year ago 2
Trigger, I also am thankful to your Grandfather and all those men like him, Only for people like them, we (the Irish) would still be under Britians rule. I just think it's a pity more ppl don't realise what those Nobel Men did for or generation.
marcoogan 1 year ago
God bless them all
SAHB58 1 year ago 2
My Grandfather was one of the "Yanks" that was "over there." He served in the 3rd Infantry Division, "Rock of the Marne." So did I! However, I served in 2003-2004 in Iraq. My poor grandfather never recovered from the emphysema brought about by the gas. He was not a smoker. He died in 1965. I'm thankful to him for his service and to the Aussies, Irish, Scots, English, Canadians, French, and other allies that gave it their all to "end wars." Too bad it didn't work!
triggert531 1 year ago
Private William Mc Bride of the 9th Battillion Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers was an Irishman, born in Armagh. He was actually 21 when he died on 22nd of April 1916.
marcoogan 1 year ago
savage song
marko9385 1 year ago
patrickbyme9 u make me sick,the shit they went through so we are here today,u are a very disrespectful person,u do not deserve to be here,,u are the type that puts his tail between his legs and runs,u disgust me
geminidragon1976 1 year ago
This will be played on Continental Drift, 10radio.org August 20th, 5:30 to 7 pm in the UK, 9:30 to 11 am in California and BC. For playlist, see wendelinn.
wendelinn 1 year ago
Every time i hear this song i rember all my friends and i will never forget the ones that paid the the biggest price for our freedoms . I Thank all the men and women in the arm forces for thier sacrfices they make. For our Freedoms
phantom8428 1 year ago
why do the the brits always send their kids of 2 war and then cry when they get the shit kicked out of them what about the poor people never left in peace by u war mongeron bastards
patrickbyrne9 1 year ago
bnp
thetruthisnodefence 1 year ago
least we not forget the fallen god bless them all.
p1ckerings 1 year ago
Two generations of young men lost in two wars. We still haven't learnt the lessons. Korea, Vietnam etc etc. God keep and bless all the men and women working in war zones.
nyssa1957 1 year ago
If you like this, check out "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" also written by Eric Bogle & "Only 19"by Redgum.
MAY THEY BE REMBERED FOREVER!
357HFC 1 year ago
Eric Bogle reckons this is the best version (of many) of his song I am not sure I agree, but John McDermott has a brilliant voice and sings it with great emotion. Must be the Irish in me that leans to The Fureys.
Great Song Sung to bring a tear...or two.
357HFC 1 year ago
@357HFC Johns mother and father were both Irish although they lived and emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Theres no real difference between the Scots and Irish anyway.
Tcheuchter1 1 year ago
@Tcheuchter1
Well obviously there's differences, but they do come from the same Celtic stock mostly.
ViperLord21 1 year ago
@Tcheuchter1 Is that kind of like saying there's no difference between Canadians and Americans?
Brenngunn 1 year ago
Do we ever learn?????
Shug52 1 year ago
@Shug52 I hope so! I attend a dawn service every year and encourage my children to do the same. So we DONT FORGET.
357HFC 1 year ago
BRILLIANT .
ICE420 1 year ago
Like this version very much. Thank you for posting.
michelstrogoff99 1 year ago
Great Song.Great Video.5 Stars.
0421Steppenwolf 1 year ago
Great song - tears
ThisIsDCOg 1 year ago
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MrDakns 1 year ago
Very stirring. Very beautiful. Very sad. How can we ever forget?
olderngod 2 years ago
This is about all the soldiers that gave their lives in the Great War, not just a lad named Willie Mcbride. A beautiful song
henerymag 2 years ago 3
I was told this is about an Australian!
I was told this is about an Irishman!
I was told this is about an American!
I was told this is about a Canadian!
I was told this is about a Scotsman!
ALL of the above is TRUE!
I bet you I'm fucking right!!!!!
padraicohare 2 years ago 46
@padraicohare You are absolutely right. That soldier could represent any young man that fought in that war
lawrence198169 2 years ago 5
@lawrence198169
As I hear it, it's about all war, and how futile the dying was/is.
mirgil1964 3 months ago
@padraicohare Well, he certainly wasnt a fucking Chinaman. LOL
Tcheuchter1 1 year ago
@padraicohare ..lol....but you know ur not allowed to swear.!!!!!
euroman32589 7 months ago
should do your homework kid....last I counted, ther were 22....all in CANADIAN BATTALIONS!!!
7456646 2 years ago
The only Willie McBrides that fought is WW1 were from Irish Regiments.
Tlax13 2 years ago 2
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7456646 2 years ago
Apart from the Scots that is ..... my gran is a McBride ..... yes and a prod as well !
iainandeva 2 years ago
@Tlax13 Guys......... It's was just a song written by Eric Bogle a Scot linging in Australia......... under the title"No Mans Land" he also wrote"The band Played Walzing Matilda"...
malachy1847 2 years ago
@Tlax13
Eleven Scotsmen called William McBride were killed fighting in World War I.One fought with an English regiment
google95theses 1 year ago 2
I love this song so much, it makes me even more proud to be Scottish, it also reminds me of my grandfather. John McDermott is one of the best, love all of his music
daktal 2 years ago
Thanks for posting, it means a lot... The Greatest Sympathies to those there
THRILLHOUSE85 2 years ago
This is a beautiful song rendered extremely well by one of the best. Thank you for sharing it.
1oldman4u2 2 years ago
If you're going to comment bad words to eachother i will close this channel for you. Why not just enjoy this song instead of fighting?
Dan90iel1 2 years ago 30
Right on Dan90iel1 right on
rajulyra 2 years ago
@Dan90iel1 The song speaks miles. Those that comment ache for yards.
Ascaidh 1 year ago
@Dan90iel1 Cause this fight club ya claddagh dawg. heres mudd in yer eye, Johnnie never died, I go that way for him. Mau from G'thrr ya rebs. 0922 out
Gaelicgurl99 1 year ago
@Dan90iel1 thanks mate for postig this. as you see the people here don´t even listen for the words, and they refuse to learn. love this song and hope you keep posting these songs for some people who realy appriciate this. please excuse my English but I think you know what I mean.
lytsepieter 1 year ago
@Dan90iel1 very well said! Thanks for uploading this beautiful version!
Teigokane 11 months ago
Time to quit the Irish discussion. This is about a Scottish soldier in the Somme and is a song for all soldiers no matter what nationality!
DRDFOX 2 years ago 6
agreed. well said mate
sdmac21 2 years ago 3
How the fuck did this become about Keeping Ulster British.. what a fucktard arguemtn to have in this thread.... just so you know, as thrid party, Australian of Saxon/Jutt heritage, Ulster is Irish, stolen by the England, just like Scottland, Wales and half of North America and my own Australia.. Keep england English, GTFO of everywhere else.. now STFU and listen to this amazing song, and try learn something fucktard
Apis4 2 years ago
excellent video lest we forget FGAU
kurtyboy01 2 years ago
wonderful song....never forget the dead of both great wars
mattesnrw1982 2 years ago
My uncle died three days ago. He was a veteran. This would be the first time I've seen a military funeral. The chorus of this song makes more sense now.
Dan00bindahouse 2 years ago
there are no victors in war, only the dead
slowpokecat 2 years ago
very sad, we should all remeber those who 'gave' their lives for us. shall we never learn? every morning it seems new war-linked horror appers on the news. can we really contiune living this way? first heard this in rememberance assembally at school , i was nearly in tears. god bless them all.
treedwarfgirl 2 years ago
I first heard this song in a pub in Dublin----I cried all the way through--nothing has changed.
God Bless all Who Lost Their Lifes To 'Save' All ----We Still Havent Learnt From The Tragic World Wars--'We' are Still Sending 17year olds Who Lose Their Lifes Fighting 'Someone Elses Battle' !
God Bless Them and Their Families.
abbeyharry1952 2 years ago
beautiful song.. todays the day to remember and give thanks
Blink182circa 2 years ago 3
Today's your day, Willie. Warmest Regards & Thanks to all our veterans!
SirPaladin 2 years ago 3
Why do you all continue to generalise about a country on the actions of its government? Do I sem like someone who would march into Baghdad armed? Do most soldiers seem like they would march into baghdad armed? I refuse to be associated with bastards like Tony Blair or anyone else who pulled us into a war based on generalistion. The First World War was a huge waste of young life. Go read "Dulce et Decorum Est" by wilfred owen, and then tell me the Brits are all bullies.
xxxsomeonextragicxxx 2 years ago
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fuck the brits up the ra !!!!!!!!!!
cbreen25 2 years ago
You're right but do you think Scotts and Irish wanted to join the war that time? They didn't because they are united with England and had to go to war.
Dan90iel1 2 years ago
the irish didnt have to go to war in WW1 because conscription wasnt introduced in ireland by the british government, so any Irish that fought in WW1 did so voluntarily.
ziderco 2 years ago 3
The Six Counties are NOT ULSTER. A Majority of people in ULSTER( ALL 9 COUNTIES OF IT)( Want a United Ireland.
qua88 2 years ago
A sill argument about Ulster and majority nine counties, Provinces have no true political context and are only apprximations of older kingdoms. Northern Ireand was created to give a significant minority in Irealnd an enclvae that they wanted. It invevitably included nationalist communities but then the republic included loyalists. As for England stealing Ulster, the majioity of Anglo Irish settlement was around the Dublin pale now in the republic. Most NI Unionists have Scottish ancestry.
DRDFOX 2 years ago
Ein ergreifendes Lied.
Eltern von Söhnen aller Nationen können es mitempfinden.
forgetititititit 2 years ago 4
Danke für Ihre Anmerkung
Dan90iel1 2 years ago
@forgetititititit May we never forget them who died for their country. May future generations never have to be rembered in the same way.
357HFC 1 year ago 2
lonewolf wtf does tis av 2 do wit keepin ulster british ??? its about men who gv their livers for freedom ... there were thousands of southern irish men who fought alongside the uvf so gt ur self an education & keep politics out of it !!GOD BLESS THE MEN & WOMEN WHO GAVE THIER LIVES RIP
makaveli88888 2 years ago 2
to makaveli88888. i was making a comment on what algy 741 had said and anknowleging thats his mate didn't die in vain. i was not dis-respecting any one, no matter where they lived. i am aware that north an dsouth od Ireland fought and died togather.
46lonewolf 2 years ago
From a Scottish Highlander.....Erie gu math!
Ascaidh 2 years ago
Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the trenches of World War I, was a reluctant soldier who became a powerful eyewitness to the horror of war, and a symbol of a lost generation.
Patch, who died Saturday at 111, was wounded in 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele, which he remembered as "mud, mud and more mud mixed together with blood."
in memory of them all
garda611 2 years ago 5
The first time i heard this was in a local pub. I cried. We all owe our lives to the brave lads dead and alive. GodBless them all.xxxx.
meamummy 2 years ago 3
John, you have a talent that was a blessing from God and you use it very well
This song says it all and touches our hearts as no other can. We can never those who paid the price for our freedom, we owe them respect and honor. May they all rest in peace and may God bless and propect those serving today all over the world. Thank you for this posting.
Tom in TN. USA
MorganTB 2 years ago 2
When I hear this song, I think of all the teenage boys who died, not really knowing why they were there in the first place! When you really think about it--a 19 year old boy doesn't care much about politcal ideology and/or whether followers Allah or Jesus started the war. God Bless their souls
stubbleking 2 years ago 11
I lost mates in N Ireland, boy does it hurt, I will NEVER forget
algy741 2 years ago
the loyalist of ulster will never forget these who givet here lifes, to keep ulster british god bless them all, And pace and respect to there loved ones
46lonewolf 2 years ago
"keep ulster british...." I wish that was a joke. That's what the british do, steal a land, kill and/or deport those who live there
all because they want more and more of what is not theirs. They built their empire on sins. I'm from Quebec in canada, our ancestors and acadians were killed and the rest deported in boats, by the british, without food, hygene for months causing the death of many many of them. ....... keep ulster british........ damn....
rickfolk 2 years ago
To richfolk. i am not saying that every thing the british gov has done was right, it is my view being born in Ulster i wish it to remain british. that is my right and i allow others to have there rights and opinons.
46lonewolf 2 years ago 4
Unlike the Quebecois who have stolen the land from the native Americans and are continuing to oppress them. No coincidence that the 'Indians' want nothing to do with an independent Quebec. BTB who rescued your French cousins in 2 World Wars?
Oh and justa thought - the majority in Ulster wish to remain as part of Britain not as part of a united Ireland. Perfidious Albion would probably like to get shot of them because they are expensive trouble makers.
Courtmount 2 years ago 2
god bless them all
lancs 2 years ago
memorial day 2008, in memory of all the soldiers, may they rest in peace
garda611 2 years ago
Yes...let them rest in peace and thank you a lot for your comment:)
Dan90iel1 2 years ago
Awsom job Im glad there is a few who are are willing to remember I just hope that there is room to remember our boys out there to day some dieing some mamed some going home as a person but not themselves I just hope that we remember them again again and again
GeorgeVeld 2 years ago 2
Beautiful. You have done a fantastic job.Well done and thank you.x
meamummy 2 years ago
Thanks for putting this together, great job.
Steve, Canada.
shaggyboo 2 years ago 2
"Listen....see what you think." Well, I think it's an outstanding presentation. Job well-done! Thank you.
114Pilot 2 years ago
Thank you:)
Dan90iel1 2 years ago
vancouver .b.c canada
ratsdie187 3 years ago
GREAT BUT SAD
torkarm 3 years ago 2
good vid to a great tune
malarky321 3 years ago 3