Lay Me Low - WWI

First World War

Song - Lay Me Low by Coope, Boyes and Simpson

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[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.

[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.

[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

[Widsy320]

Lest we forget :(

[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.

[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.

[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.

[24michiganironbrigad]

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

[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.'