Lay Me Low - WWI

[thepixieful]

new book next year on ww one called The Sorrow and the Beauty, real journals of men and women who lived then. already the book reviewers are saying wow.

[thepixieful]

wow. male chorus.....new book on world war one The Sorrow and the Beauty release next year, journals of real people.....a side note, as a girl the young men used to sing do wop harmonies, then the us went to war in southeast asia, and with the vietnam comflict the young men were gone and did not sing to me on the street anymore, thank you for this music.

[Pixiemaggee123]

How could it happen.. at least they didnt get to see the united Europe under the Bundesbank we voted for ( not )

The scary thing is that we were told we wanted it.

Poitics is the antichrist that hides within the church.

[SmashBangCrash]

Watched this on history lesion , so sad :(

[machinegun0478714950]

Dude you have my respect.this is so touching.lest we forget.take care bro

[johnmburt1960]

Appropriately painful.

As General Sherman actually said, war is cruelty and you can't refine it.

[northumbrian1956]

Fantastic, and deeply moving. Also worth listening to is Coope Boyes and Simpson singing 'Spring 1919.'

[Graemeandarchie]

I found this, quite by accident tonight. What a beautiful song in tribute to all those who have died in Wars, especially back in those darkest days of WW1. My Grandfather was a Regimental Sergent Major in the Royal Scots Grays in WW1. He survived The Somme and Pachendale. In 1936, however, when my father was 6 years old, my grandfather killed himself. These days we call it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But Grand MA got on and brought up the kids......then WW2 happened!

[thepixieful]

@Graemeandarchie new book coming out next year The Sorrow and the Beauty....real journals from world war one era people...and the shift in their lives. poetic time before then....lemonade on the porch.....~peace on earth.

[Tserrofxam]

Absolutely beautiful song. I challenge anyone not to be moved by this wonderful song.

[Rock4life93]

is the picture at 0:21 the Argonne forest?

[24michiganironbrigad]

@Rock4life93 No, I believe it is Polygon Wood in the Ypres Salient.

[heathen1955]

I'm familiar with and have a number of CBS cd's but I'd not previously heard this. deeply moving and should be more widely heard

[satyratron]

très beau

[peskirabbit]

Phew! Just choked me up.

[matthewdoa]

Thanks for the video mate, never really had a mood changer off youtube before.

[folkfemale]

My god. What an incredibly moving video. Thank you. And well sung by CB&S

[16bncef]

Well done. Very touching. Thank you for this.

[thegeneralmitch]

Patch

Allingham

Stone

The last of our lions on land sea and air. Remember them.

[Fenner1976]

@thegeneralmitch Absolutely. Thank you to the uploader for posting this video. A very fitting, emotional and courageous tribute to those young men who gave the ultimate sacrifice in laying down their lives. Men such as these, who had families, went to war and never came home, must never be forgotten. They have my complete respect. Requiescat in pace.

[jonesthephones]

Thank you so much for putting this onto Youtube. Provocative and nostalgic at the same time, it makes me stop in my day-to-day life, shed a tear or two and realise the sacrifces others made for us. In particular how these "old men" featured fought courageously, as young men, against fascist aggressors. The fight simply HAS to go on... regards, Alun.

[jselvy2]

Heroes led by Jackasses

[crlcripps]

Cor, looking at the "gas masks" they had back then, no wonder my grandfather's failed and he ended up with emphysema. At least he got to come home, though. Wonderfully evocative song and arrangement. When I first heard the Albion Band version it was too, um, slick, too many backing vocals. This one's more haunting in its simplicity.

[thepixieful]

@crlcripps was the begining of chemical in war. tragic as still had primitive weapons on one team and technology on another....also handmade cotton clothes and all food make fresh. actually the war ended because of the flu (source Smithsonian magazine) large numbers of troops died of flu in the trenches. new book The Sorrow and the Beauty, real journals of real people.....very poetic before that era, william butler yeats and the art too. ~Peace on Earth.

[queensofia123]

It was written for Private Peaceful right? The words in here show how Tommo feels in the trenches when Charlie is with him =,[ My favourite book by SUCH a long way. I love this song.

[olimandolin]

It's actually an old Shaker hymn that was adapted by a guy called John Tams and originally recorded by The Albion Band in the late 70s. Completely different setting, yet just as powerful.

[queensofia123]

Oh well... it still seems a hell of a lot like the book =D

[SilverWolfMoon]

It's from the 1996 album "Passchendaele Suite".

Some of those songs were included in the 2006 "Private Peaceful" concert.

[queensofia123]

@SilverWolfMoon yeaah i know, i;ve seen that concert :P x

[Carelio36]

Thank you for posting this, it is difficult to comprehend so much past sacrifice and misery, this song brings one on the edge.

[queensofia123]

I am in tears.

[Widsy320]

Lest we forget :(

[Indy8mm]

ANZAC Day 25/04/09! Let's honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.

[sparkyfiddle]

A very moving and powerful statement. One of my favourite songs from Coope, Boyes and Simpson. This video says more in 3 minutes than all of the Remembrance Day services I have listened to in my whole life! Thanks

[nolicnotrut]

I meant 'sonG'!

[nolicnotrut]

What a gem. All my misgivings about the ambiguity of remembrance evaporate with this sond. Smashing montage. I have borrowed it!

[olimandolin]

Thank you very much :-)

[nolicnotrut]

My pleasure, entirely!

I was at an excellent singing workshop with C, B & S yesterday. They are exraordinarily talented and most generous with their material.

Am I mistaken, were these lyrics written by one Mr. J. Tams, esq.?

[olimandolin]

It's based on an old Shaker hymn. As far as I know, Tams wrote the verses, and the chorus is traditional.

[whitelegge686]

Why am I a soldier in the crater, in the ditch,In the body bag, the coffin? I'm making someone rich.I am in a line of millions doing what I always do;If you profit from my dying I am doing it for you

Why am I a soldier? Answer that a thousand ways:I'm the price of petrol and I'm the one who pays;I'm the consumed and the consumer, perhaps it's time you knew;

Very Moving Very Touching, Deeply truthfull God Bless The Dead

Hymm to the fallen they SHALL not be forgotten

[dogsbreath101]

We all should bow our heads to our Heroes

[ohmany777]

amen...honor our troops

[slobjob13]

10/10 all around. great stuff.

[engcountryboy]

v good montage and choice of music

[JonathanDaddy]

Coope Boyes & Simpson are both wonderful singers and socially aware artists. This is a lovely song and nice job with the video.

[swampy36]

I have tears running down my face, so moving it should be shown to every child in the world so we dont make the same mistakes again

[Countrybanburybill]

Coope, Boyes & Simpson are the singers...Excellent.

The message is delivered.

[johnnyrafter]

SORRY, I MEANT WAR*

[johnnyrafter]

This is a great song, all about how shit was is. JRII

[jasFlyer]

Very moving ... lest we forget - everyone should listen to this and remember.