The Green Fields Of France......saint patricks day 2007

The Fureys & Davey Arthur in park square luton singing live

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[waterboy1965]

can some one tell me what may the 4th is about......thom...keep living on someone else's memorys there's no need to educate your self just live on ignorance

[trzcina77]

The song has nothing to do with St Patrick's Day or any Irish event or 'cause'. Song about WW1 written by Scottish/Australian Eric Bogle.

[Punorss]

Who gives a shite! A German gun could blow a Prod or Catholic brains out without giving a SHITE! They died and we still kill each other because we have not learnt a thing and we are still thick as SHITE! Thick prod and Catholic and Muslim and Jewish and wathever bastards blowing each others brains out.

[sandroaraujo3]

its not about war, or ... its about love, hope , freedom,... tri colour in the heart...

[a237916]

It's such a beautiful song and while I'm a tad envious of your experience, I'm hopeful that I'll never have the pleasure to hear this song in a live setting as I can't help but become an emotional washcloth at "Well I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean..." as it all goes downhill from there for me, if you know what I mean? This definitely ranks highly among the most moving songs I've ever heard. Soul wrenching indeed.

[wiggy1988]

I'm only bringing it up because peope seem to think this is an Irish Rebel song when it ain't. Its clearly an anti-war song

[dubmait]

there wer 150000 irish volunteers in 1914 and 15000 didnt go off to fight world one so at least 135000 did

i think there was 100000 in the ulster volunteer force at the time and they went off to fight

and whats the big deal its a great song about a brave soldier who could have been a protetant or a catholic it doesnt matter

i used to think this was about a republican who died because my whole family loves the song and they are catholics from dublin

[dubmait]

ha about 250000 irish volunteers fought for england in world war one now im not sure if that includes the loyalists as well but we had had just as many or more as u in the first world war (not something im proud of but its a fact)

anyway this song is a great song i love it it doesnt matter if its a loyalist song or a republican song its a great song

[sabell11]

Well said lynne. Where does the idea come from that this song is about Irish soldiers in WW1? Look into the lyrics/history of the song, the composer (of Scots/Aussie background) sat down next to a gravestone that happened to belong to one Pvt McBride... no mention of where he was from. Real shame such a poignant song written for all combatants in WW1 has been hijacked to fuel a bitter, growingly-petty fued.

[lynne150351]

wot the hell r u guys all about? war is war no matter where u come from, its stil one man killing another in the name of power or greed, mans blind indifference to his fellow man!! just listen to the lyrics and be humbled, lynne.

[DanOblacksmith]

I agree with you wholeheartedly.

It is so unfortunate that we are all lied to and manipulated by those in the shadows, those nameless, shameless bastards of greed.

Greed kills. But what do they care? THEIR sons are spared. the rest of us all are fodder. Beware the new world order.

Is there a camera on your street?

[Punorss]

The fat bastard in number 10 at the moment still sends young lads to get their brains blown out just to keep that clown in charge of the USA happy. I hope I live to see the day him and Tony Blair do 20 years in prison for war crimes.