I have come back again to listen to this superb song. It is sung so so brilliantly. This is a wonderful masterpiece for the reasons I have already mentioned below.
@manutdforu There is nothing wrong with knowing who wrote a song or where the songwriter came from! It can only enhance understanding of the song if you know its origins. It certainly isn't detrimental.
Dropkick Murphys' version was better????, how can an Irish person say tha...oh wait you are not Irish (the Irish would never say the crap you just said about how a dumb American band is better than legends of Irish folk music) another idiot American,.. surprise surprise.
OMG what profound lyrics a lamenting poignant song sung with such emotions too. It creates a feeling of deep sadness. What deep and meaningful questions makes one want to cry with deep sadness. This song is sung so meaningfully the questions are asked with deep love from ones heart for ones own fellow human being creating a powerful feeling of wisdom and great respect. Music is a journey of emotions. This song and music connects emotionally with the hearts of every Christian man deeply.
@TripeHoundRedux The song was written by Eric Bogle a Scottish Borderer who moved to Australia in adulthood. The name McBride was probably picked out randomly for no other reason than it rhymed with graveside. In other words it is about all the Briitsh Army dead and not just one individual. Actually Bogle may well even have written for all the war dead and not just the British Army dead.
This is a song that was for a young boy in WW1 "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS" but this song is for EVERY SOLDIER!! Who fought for " HIS CAUSE" " IN HIS WAR" It transcends THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE CAUSES OF WAR!! It is purely written to point out THE FUTILITY OF WAR!!
Just want to add a comment. I'm French, I'm 48, I stayed in Ireland for a few months 30 years ago, in such a nice family in Limerick. One night, there was a band in a pub and they suggested we should go so that I could here some true Irish music...I can clearly remember, still now, how enthusiastic and thrilled I was at the end!!! I bought the records of course, and I still often play them. Music never pasts...I just love leastning,not because its reminds me my youth, but just because I love it!
It was written by a Scottish emigrant to Australia, Eric Bogle. He wrote it more that 30 years back and has subsequently written a "sequel" called "Hallowed Ground" on the occasion of his last visit to Willie's grave. I give the Furey's credit - they have actually covered more of Eric's songs than "No Man's Land" (the proper name of this song) and "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". I ran across "Leaving Nancy" earlier this evening.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE SCOTLAND AND IRELAND IS NEVER MIND THAT FACT THEY HAVE BEEN OPRESSED FOR YEARS. YET THEY STILL SUPPORT THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT. WE REALLY NEED TO EDUCATE THE WORLD.
after a visit to the war graves this song means so much more to me, no politicans are in those graves only brave men who made the ultamate sacrifice !
its about the 250,000 irish who where led to think they would get the free state fighting for the brits in the war, sadly the scum never kept to their word! EIRE!
to all Irishmen, be they Protestant or Roman Catholic, that were thrown to their bloody, gruesome deaths by those who took advantage of the TRUE CELTIC BLOOD.
However.. accept the symbol of the poppy is for all those good men.. may they rest in peace X. We owe them ALL
@peaceangwilltoall Of course the Germans, Austrians, Russians, French, Belgians, English, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Indian, South African, US etc etc (sorry for those left out) people who died in that war did not have blood.
The First World War was a bloody and murderous time for the ordinary people of the world who were conned, bamboozled, lied to and coerced into a war for the benefit of Empires, oppression and the ruling classes.
The song was written by Eric Bogle, a Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter. The name "McBride" is Irish in origin but there are also McBrides in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, all of which took part in Word War 1 (although the USA hadn't entered the war at the time of the Battle of the Somme).
Love this song! The thing with irish music is it reaches all colours creeds. Im a 34 you black guy and love the fureys and Foster and Alan ofcourse. Are they still touring????
Fucking silly Irish - Just beacause this song is sung by an Irish man doesnt mean it relates to the troubles. Get over it boys it the last era not this. I'd be more worried about your country being bankrupt than a song.
@wew0nitfivetimes nothing to do with sill irish..more like kids that dont know any better,its a good song about a nasty point in time and if the does not stop this kind of thing will never end,i am an irish guy and hold no grudge with any race,colour or creed..
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."jimi hendrix.
@wew0nitfivetimes... we are not silly ,everyone knows what its about.its just better sung by a brilliant irishman using traditional instruments .you are the one that cant move on with your stupid insults.get a life
This song is about all the futilty af war, beautifully sung, superbly written, I'm of Irish parents, but the song applies to us all, just took an Irish singer and a Scottish writer to spread the word
Very moving. Makes me think of the common command during that war, "Fix bayonets!" And what a young recruit, about to go "over the top" of the trenches for the first time, would have in his mind about what he was expected to do with his bayonet, and what a soldier on the other side was preparing in similar fashion to do to him. Fortunately, the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin is on the way to preventing this ever happening again. Thank God!
The fureys are Not republican ballad singers!! so why do those who leave comments about the struggle seem to come from England or Scotland? They are story tellers and if you listen to their songs you would know that it dosn't matter which country the song is about they are simply telling a story!!! God bless the fureys they have given memories and meaning too a lot of people through their songs!!!
Saw these in plymouth theater a very long time ago, my m8 had a spare tickett so i went even though i had not heard of them.
Been a fan ever since and have most of there stuff, was lucky enough to meet finbar furey and his brother eddie, and then when in canada i bumped into davey arther in a gas station as we were both filling up but travelling in opposite directions, i got him to sign a couple of the bands CD'S which i had in the car, we had a chat for ten minites what a nice guy.
Fair enough. But the song's nothing to do with Ireland. It was written by (Scottish) Eric Bogle and is nothing to to with the Easter Uprising - it's actually to do with him seeing a grave of a young lad in Flanders, who was killed in WWI. Also, Flower of the Forest is a song about teh Scots who were killed at Flodden. So obviously nothing to do with Ireland. Just facts - I've nothing against Ireland, but can't understand how claim to this song and it's lyrics kidnapped by Irish.
@barrach7 The Irish don't wish to "kidnap lyrics". The lyrics simply strike a chord in alot of our hearts. Next you'll be complaining about singing "You'll never walk alone" at football matches because it's American in origin. :-/
Agree that song strikes a chord with any human being, irrelevant of origin. However, I was only and logically referring to the fact that the songwriter was referring to a (probabl) Scot, whose greave he saw in the WWI mass graves. Yet so many Irish people wrongly consider it's an 'Irish' song and even link it to the Easter uprising. Just inaccurate. Nothing against Irish people or history and I sympathise with the Easter Uprising etc
@originalboland I'm married to a Sligo girl & am a proud anglo saxon from London. This a truly beautiful song that the English also relate to. As can all that have son's & daughters at war. Let us hope that sense prevails & war ends for us all no matter what race or religion we are.
@bbeattie48 The fureys are Not republican ballad singers!! so why do those who leave comments about the struggle seem to come from England or Scotland? They are story tellers and if you listen to their songs you would know that it dosn't matter which country the song is about they are simply telling a story!!! God bless the fureys they have given memories and meaning too a lot of people through their songs!!!
Brilliant, just a brilliant poem and tuneful memory to those poor frightened young men who fought as hard as they could for all of us, in unspeakable conditions we can only imagine.
As for the politcal bullshit on here the north and south are both part of the EU everyone has the same rights and the borders are open. Your basicly the same people,worship the same god , love a drink , not the best at football etc etc etc most of the working classes in England were down trodden cannon fodder as well , we are in the 21st century , get over it.
You are all free , free to speak your mind , free to stay and free to go.
We are all free to speak as you point out. So I will say something, here, the past affects people and is not easily forgotten by many many people. The respect we like to show these brave men is an all encompassing need to say we will never forget their sacrifice, for the hell they went through in the trenches !
Please read this in the way it's meant, so you can appreciate it properly.
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the should play it to the greedy paracite queen who is the cause of most murderes in , endorsed by he to pRLIMENT, I CAND SEE WHY IRISH TOLERATE ENGLISH IN IRELANE AFTER WHAT ENGLANDS COWARDLY KILLINGS OF A SMALL NATION . IM ENGLISH AND I FEEL ASHAMED FOR WHAT OUR SAXON BRED DONE IN EIRE . WE ALL SJHOULD DEMMAND THE OUTING OF THE BRITS IN IRELAND N. AND FRRE IRELAND OLEASE WRITE TO UR MP AND DEMMAND THE FREEDOM OF IRELAND, THANKS FOR READING THIS BYE AS IRISH SAY SLAN.
What does that mean, This song decries war, and tries to draw attention to the fact that war is brutal and we owe everything to those brave men who gave their all for us. Imagine the hell in those trenches. My husband's Grandfather was a very brave man in 1914 and got the DCM. he earned that accolade, and he and all the fallen deserve the greatest respect we can give them.
Im getting stressed cuz mi best mayt dont like it im guna kill her its a beautiful song and my dad sung it to me as a baby and ive loved it since and it reminds me so much of him u luv so much dad x
Please don't let someone elses different opinion spoil your appreciation of a very beautiful song. My 2 daughters don't always share my love of Irish music, but so what, they don't know what they're missing !
Do you have a song by Finbar Furey 'I live not where I love' I had a girlfriend 30 years ago in Germany she had only one Irish album and this became 'our song' and such fond memories. If you (or anyone else) have this song please post it, thanks in anticipation
The lyrics are breathtaking, they convey the reality of war as good as any poem. Combine that with Finbar Furey's voice and you have this great song. Five Star
amazing
etain94 3 days ago
I have come back again to listen to this superb song. It is sung so so brilliantly. This is a wonderful masterpiece for the reasons I have already mentioned below.
TheHitDetector 1 month ago
me an me granda sing this when wer blocked lol good times
SONYxxLEGION 1 month ago
who wrote it Dropkick Murphy, or The Fureys?
epicchucknorris0071 2 months ago
@epicchucknorris0071 Neither did Eric Bogle, a Scottish Austrailian wrote the song
antiracistskin69 2 weeks ago
@antiracistskin69 who cared who wrote this or what nationailty, listen to the song for what it is, a great anti-war song!!!
manutdforu 2 weeks ago
@manutdforu There is nothing wrong with knowing who wrote a song or where the songwriter came from! It can only enhance understanding of the song if you know its origins. It certainly isn't detrimental.
gaconnochie 1 week ago
dropkick murphys cover was way better
Smokeyrules9 2 months ago
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SolitudeNaSkellig 1 month ago
@Smokeyrules9
Dropkick Murphys' version was better????, how can an Irish person say tha...oh wait you are not Irish (the Irish would never say the crap you just said about how a dumb American band is better than legends of Irish folk music) another idiot American,.. surprise surprise.
SolitudeNaSkellig 1 month ago
Sorry mention teary.
jordify1 3 months ago
This song always makes me testy it is so honourable.
jordify1 3 months ago
Brilliant lyrics with music that fits like a glove.
veraducky 3 months ago
OMG what profound lyrics a lamenting poignant song sung with such emotions too. It creates a feeling of deep sadness. What deep and meaningful questions makes one want to cry with deep sadness. This song is sung so meaningfully the questions are asked with deep love from ones heart for ones own fellow human being creating a powerful feeling of wisdom and great respect. Music is a journey of emotions. This song and music connects emotionally with the hearts of every Christian man deeply.
TheHitDetector 3 months ago
Beautiful...Big Thanks to the Fureys for all they bring to music... x
Somme1916Somme 4 months ago
@THEEVILPURAH youngest age recorded, there was 14- 15 years old lads joining, saying they were older
eddied96 4 months ago
Wat a great song, you can relate to it if your 18, or 80.
goldbomb123 5 months ago
Its been turned into a Irish song. Lines in the songs suggest that Willie was Scottish.
seether147 5 months ago
@seether147 It's always been an Irish song, of the William MacBrides that died in 1916 all were in Irish Regiments.
TripeHoundRedux 4 months ago
@TripeHoundRedux The song was written by Eric Bogle a Scottish Borderer who moved to Australia in adulthood. The name McBride was probably picked out randomly for no other reason than it rhymed with graveside. In other words it is about all the Briitsh Army dead and not just one individual. Actually Bogle may well even have written for all the war dead and not just the British Army dead.
gaconnochie 4 months ago
@gaconnochie Precisely!! ... what did you die for Willie McBride.
Willy McBride is an everyman, a representative of all those that died in war of greed and bloody murder.
ecadre1 1 week ago
god bless the irish lads who fell in the great war and all wars over the years ul never b forgotten , Is feidir leat chuid eile i siochana.
fortunesboy 5 months ago
Go raibh maith aga
R0gue0ne 5 months ago
great song.....song straight to the heart when you close your eyes...tears in your eyes + well worth it..superb
jimboooong 6 months ago
a very clever song and emotional to bring tears all eyes i have irish in my blood too my relatives come from county ross common the berks
alinoon55 8 months ago
a very clever song and emotional to bring tears all eyes i have irish in my blood too my realatives come from county ross common the berks
alinoon55 8 months ago
This is a song that was for a young boy in WW1 "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS" but this song is for EVERY SOLDIER!! Who fought for " HIS CAUSE" " IN HIS WAR" It transcends THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE CAUSES OF WAR!! It is purely written to point out THE FUTILITY OF WAR!!
1957sg 8 months ago 2
Just want to add a comment. I'm French, I'm 48, I stayed in Ireland for a few months 30 years ago, in such a nice family in Limerick. One night, there was a band in a pub and they suggested we should go so that I could here some true Irish music...I can clearly remember, still now, how enthusiastic and thrilled I was at the end!!! I bought the records of course, and I still often play them. Music never pasts...I just love leastning,not because its reminds me my youth, but just because I love it!
michelep29 10 months ago
Respect all the Irishmen who sacrificied their lives, regardless of the politics of the day. The 'Big Fellas' still call the shots.
kevgrey1985 10 months ago
It was written by a Scottish emigrant to Australia, Eric Bogle. He wrote it more that 30 years back and has subsequently written a "sequel" called "Hallowed Ground" on the occasion of his last visit to Willie's grave. I give the Furey's credit - they have actually covered more of Eric's songs than "No Man's Land" (the proper name of this song) and "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". I ran across "Leaving Nancy" earlier this evening.
rdvqc 10 months ago
and it was still written by an Aussie
vlegeltje11 11 months ago
MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE SCOTLAND AND IRELAND IS NEVER MIND THAT FACT THEY HAVE BEEN OPRESSED FOR YEARS. YET THEY STILL SUPPORT THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT. WE REALLY NEED TO EDUCATE THE WORLD.
ealabahn 11 months ago
Enjoy the music. Embrace the spirit. Reject the things that hold us apart.
kevgrey1985 1 year ago 2
after a visit to the war graves this song means so much more to me, no politicans are in those graves only brave men who made the ultamate sacrifice !
jackthetangler 1 year ago
for my grandad who fought there rest in peace much love
tails731 1 year ago
This was my best friends song,,,Ray ,, love you and miss you, Rest in peace,You madhatter.....TAZ
elaineshallow 1 year ago
its about the 250,000 irish who where led to think they would get the free state fighting for the brits in the war, sadly the scum never kept to their word! EIRE!
CarlDenin 1 year ago
to all Irishmen, be they Protestant or Roman Catholic, that were thrown to their bloody, gruesome deaths by those who took advantage of the TRUE CELTIC BLOOD.
However.. accept the symbol of the poppy is for all those good men.. may they rest in peace X. We owe them ALL
peaceangwilltoall 1 year ago
@peaceangwilltoall Of course the Germans, Austrians, Russians, French, Belgians, English, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Indian, South African, US etc etc (sorry for those left out) people who died in that war did not have blood.
The First World War was a bloody and murderous time for the ordinary people of the world who were conned, bamboozled, lied to and coerced into a war for the benefit of Empires, oppression and the ruling classes.
Eric Bogle's song is about them. All of them.
ecadre1 1 week ago
@ecadre1 every word you said is true scary thing an up rising was going on at home in ireland when its sons where dying in ww1
rastabluespliff 6 days ago
@rastabluespliff Yes indeed. Ann the irony of British Government propaganda about WWI was not lost on the Irish who took part in the easter uprising.
"for the rights of small nations".
ecadre1 2 days ago
epic.
godfcknknowsczidont 1 year ago
The song was written by Eric Bogle, a Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter. The name "McBride" is Irish in origin but there are also McBrides in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, all of which took part in Word War 1 (although the USA hadn't entered the war at the time of the Battle of the Somme).
Razhumykin 1 year ago
Love this song! The thing with irish music is it reaches all colours creeds. Im a 34 you black guy and love the fureys and Foster and Alan ofcourse. Are they still touring????
eimajyelrom 1 year ago
@eimajyelrom your post says it all, friend you have to see past the politics and listen to the heart and soul of the music
jimdorts1 7 months ago
Awsome song! Irish music reaches all colours creeds. I a 34 yo black guy really love the fureys. And cant leave out foster and Alan ofcourse.
eimajyelrom 1 year ago
This song says to me that all war is futile, but it will go on. Well sung by the Fureys & i go to see them whenever they tour, so carry on lads
MrJoseppie123 1 year ago
Gorgeous song, it brings a tear to my eye.
Gammelservitor 1 year ago
Everyone is a little irish.
My father(!) join the great fallen in 1916 too, on the germean side, but they died like all the others. Fuck 4 war!!!
Kekse64 1 year ago
Fucking silly Irish - Just beacause this song is sung by an Irish man doesnt mean it relates to the troubles. Get over it boys it the last era not this. I'd be more worried about your country being bankrupt than a song.
wew0nitfivetimes 1 year ago
@wew0nitfivetimes nothing to do with sill irish..more like kids that dont know any better,its a good song about a nasty point in time and if the does not stop this kind of thing will never end,i am an irish guy and hold no grudge with any race,colour or creed..
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."jimi hendrix.
RIDGEBACK890 1 year ago
@wew0nitfivetimes... we are not silly ,everyone knows what its about.its just better sung by a brilliant irishman using traditional instruments .you are the one that cant move on with your stupid insults.get a life
tinamck1 1 year ago
@wew0nitfivetimes fuck off!
billyhunchback 1 year ago
This song is about all the futilty af war, beautifully sung, superbly written, I'm of Irish parents, but the song applies to us all, just took an Irish singer and a Scottish writer to spread the word
patsyod 1 year ago
Very moving. Makes me think of the common command during that war, "Fix bayonets!" And what a young recruit, about to go "over the top" of the trenches for the first time, would have in his mind about what he was expected to do with his bayonet, and what a soldier on the other side was preparing in similar fashion to do to him. Fortunately, the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin is on the way to preventing this ever happening again. Thank God!
SpacemanNo3 1 year ago
The fureys are Not republican ballad singers!! so why do those who leave comments about the struggle seem to come from England or Scotland? They are story tellers and if you listen to their songs you would know that it dosn't matter which country the song is about they are simply telling a story!!! God bless the fureys they have given memories and meaning too a lot of people through their songs!!!
corgi1916 1 year ago
finbar is a prick
Aidan68886 2 years ago
ur a prick!
natho89 1 year ago
Saw these in plymouth theater a very long time ago, my m8 had a spare tickett so i went even though i had not heard of them.
Been a fan ever since and have most of there stuff, was lucky enough to meet finbar furey and his brother eddie, and then when in canada i bumped into davey arther in a gas station as we were both filling up but travelling in opposite directions, i got him to sign a couple of the bands CD'S which i had in the car, we had a chat for ten minites what a nice guy.
turbot128 2 years ago 5
UP THE IRISH,,
kerrygerry1 2 years ago
@kerrygerry1
Fair enough. But the song's nothing to do with Ireland. It was written by (Scottish) Eric Bogle and is nothing to to with the Easter Uprising - it's actually to do with him seeing a grave of a young lad in Flanders, who was killed in WWI. Also, Flower of the Forest is a song about teh Scots who were killed at Flodden. So obviously nothing to do with Ireland. Just facts - I've nothing against Ireland, but can't understand how claim to this song and it's lyrics kidnapped by Irish.
barrach7 2 years ago
@barrach7 The Irish don't wish to "kidnap lyrics". The lyrics simply strike a chord in alot of our hearts. Next you'll be complaining about singing "You'll never walk alone" at football matches because it's American in origin. :-/
Mucka1916 1 year ago
@Mucka1916
Agree that song strikes a chord with any human being, irrelevant of origin. However, I was only and logically referring to the fact that the songwriter was referring to a (probabl) Scot, whose greave he saw in the WWI mass graves. Yet so many Irish people wrongly consider it's an 'Irish' song and even link it to the Easter uprising. Just inaccurate. Nothing against Irish people or history and I sympathise with the Easter Uprising etc
barrach7 1 year ago
@kerrygerry1
eh?!
barrach7 1 year ago
wat a luvely song i.v seen the furys live n the was brillient,brought tears to my eyes.
anncurley1954 2 years ago 3
great song
rocon86 2 years ago
One of the best anti war songs, sung perfectly.
shakeahand1 2 years ago 2
the voice makes the song a masterpiece
arc1no1 2 years ago
I agree.
happygael 2 years ago
Billy hill English soldier 3 years in the trenches came home an old man at 22 .He never spoke of the horrors hed seen . Just lived haunted ,
billysykes09 2 years ago
I saw a few like that myself. WW1 vets suffering from the effects of mustard gas.
happygael 2 years ago
To their memory we honour all the nationalities who gave all.
josparkes 3 years ago 3
Did they beat the drums slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
Even though I'm not really into this genre of music, I love his voice
The chorus is really catchy :O
iVampireSlayer 3 years ago 3
Do people know that this song is about the battle of the somme and nothing to do with the struggle?
bbeattie48 3 years ago 6
We are not thick! (dispite the rumours) But Irish relate to this song.
originalboland 3 years ago 13
sorry, i never meant to offend.
bbeattie48 3 years ago 3
It's all good. Takes more than that to offend us! But thank you.
originalboland 3 years ago 5
@originalboland
corgi1916 1 year ago
@originalboland I'm married to a Sligo girl & am a proud anglo saxon from London. This a truly beautiful song that the English also relate to. As can all that have son's & daughters at war. Let us hope that sense prevails & war ends for us all no matter what race or religion we are.
jacksons1950 1 year ago
off course
stonerjimjim 3 years ago
yes I am aware of that. It is still an awesome song
happygael 2 years ago
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@bbeattie48 The fureys are Not republican ballad singers!! so why do those who leave comments about the struggle seem to come from England or Scotland? They are story tellers and if you listen to their songs you would know that it dosn't matter which country the song is about they are simply telling a story!!! God bless the fureys they have given memories and meaning too a lot of people through their songs!!!
corgi1916 1 year ago
@bbeattie48 yes we do know
MrEarthdance 1 year ago
@bbeattie48 Of course we do! 50,000 of us died in that war, "for bthe freedom of small nations".
Horsemarine100 2 months ago
Brilliant, just a brilliant poem and tuneful memory to those poor frightened young men who fought as hard as they could for all of us, in unspeakable conditions we can only imagine.
Well done to them all ! ! !
REMEMBER.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
9/2/2009
josparkes 3 years ago 2
Simply brilliant and profoundly emotional. Love it, and it promotes those brave men of 1914, who we shall never forget.
Jo sparkes
Norfolk
2.2.2009
josparkes 3 years ago
Great song wrote by a genuis from down under.
As for the politcal bullshit on here the north and south are both part of the EU everyone has the same rights and the borders are open. Your basicly the same people,worship the same god , love a drink , not the best at football etc etc etc most of the working classes in England were down trodden cannon fodder as well , we are in the 21st century , get over it.
You are all free , free to speak your mind , free to stay and free to go.
mark70920 3 years ago
We are all free to speak as you point out. So I will say something, here, the past affects people and is not easily forgotten by many many people. The respect we like to show these brave men is an all encompassing need to say we will never forget their sacrifice, for the hell they went through in the trenches !
Please read this in the way it's meant, so you can appreciate it properly.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
2/2/2009
josparkes 3 years ago
The guy who wrote this was actually from Scotland. He moved to Oz. His name is Eric Bogle I think.
But that's a top comment. I think the other guy missed the point of the song...
ovolaa 2 years ago
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PLEASE LEAVE BRITS GETOUY OF IRELAND
connacht29 3 years ago
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the should play it to the greedy paracite queen who is the cause of most murderes in , endorsed by he to pRLIMENT, I CAND SEE WHY IRISH TOLERATE ENGLISH IN IRELANE AFTER WHAT ENGLANDS COWARDLY KILLINGS OF A SMALL NATION . IM ENGLISH AND I FEEL ASHAMED FOR WHAT OUR SAXON BRED DONE IN EIRE . WE ALL SJHOULD DEMMAND THE OUTING OF THE BRITS IN IRELAND N. AND FRRE IRELAND OLEASE WRITE TO UR MP AND DEMMAND THE FREEDOM OF IRELAND, THANKS FOR READING THIS BYE AS IRISH SAY SLAN.
connacht29 3 years ago
animal song
candle2667 3 years ago
What does that mean, This song decries war, and tries to draw attention to the fact that war is brutal and we owe everything to those brave men who gave their all for us. Imagine the hell in those trenches. My husband's Grandfather was a very brave man in 1914 and got the DCM. he earned that accolade, and he and all the fallen deserve the greatest respect we can give them.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
2/2/2009
josparkes 3 years ago
This has GOT to be the BEST version of this song ????
bondie45 3 years ago 5
Im sure every irishman has heard this oul one , memeories to declare.
jamieph07 3 years ago 9
Im getting stressed cuz mi best mayt dont like it im guna kill her its a beautiful song and my dad sung it to me as a baby and ive loved it since and it reminds me so much of him u luv so much dad x
PanicAtTheDiscoRawk 3 years ago 5
Don't kill her just disown her for bad taste or teach her what songs are good and which are bad! You obviously have great taste.
originalboland 3 years ago 5
Please don't let someone elses different opinion spoil your appreciation of a very beautiful song. My 2 daughters don't always share my love of Irish music, but so what, they don't know what they're missing !
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
2/2/2009
josparkes 3 years ago
Of course i wont :D
I love the song .. its so beautiful
And my dad showed it to me =]
Its not my favourite style of music but its still beautiful x
PanicAtTheDiscoRawk 3 years ago
I'm glad U appreciate the song, you are still young to know much about subjects like this.
It is beautiful no question.
Take care
Jo S
10/2/2009
josparkes 3 years ago 2
My father used to sing this when I was a boy. Made me cry then, still does now. Perhaps the most moving war poem ever penned.
blacklance22 3 years ago 18
absolutely amazin, i cry every time!!
mialk1 3 years ago 2
i remeber this song ,, it was one off the songs that my father loved to sing ,,
johnfinbarburke 3 years ago 2
why dont they send politicians or people who start war in to the field and see what those poor men go through
lightningmcqueen85 3 years ago 3
Sad sad song. They should play this in parliment when they are voting to send our troops to god forsaken lands!
hoppydoffton 3 years ago 4
Do you have a song by Finbar Furey 'I live not where I love' I had a girlfriend 30 years ago in Germany she had only one Irish album and this became 'our song' and such fond memories. If you (or anyone else) have this song please post it, thanks in anticipation
SEM1DAY 3 years ago
The lyrics are breathtaking, they convey the reality of war as good as any poem. Combine that with Finbar Furey's voice and you have this great song. Five Star
dalkey130388 3 years ago 4
Thank you Dalkey x
originalboland 3 years ago