Green fields of France

Thomascow`s version Green fields of France (also known as No Man's Land and Willie McBride is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I. Its haunting chorus refers to two famous pieces of military music, "The Last Post" and "The Flowers of the Forest". Its melody, its refrain- did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly-and elements of its subject matter a young man cut down in his prime,are similar to those of-Streets of Laredo-a North American cowboy ballad whose origins can be traced back to an 18th century Irish ballad called "The Unfortunate Rake".Enjoy

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Music

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• No Man's Land
• Willie McBride
• 1976
• Eric Bogle
• The Last Post
• The Flowers of the Forest
• The Unfortunate Rake