Aged 93,l still remember some of survivors ( including my father, who had been badly wounded but survived the battle of the Somme=) He put it all behind him and never spoke of it.
I remember a pin-back button I used to have in the 60s/70s- ‘What if they gave a war and nobody came?’ After all, in most wars it’s only the leaders who profit. If the ‘leaders’ started a war, and the peasants (on all sides) refused to fight, there wouldn’t be a war. Put the leaders in a ring to fight each other. I bet they would be too cowardly to actually do the fighting themselves.
I heard a three year old say the same thing, he said why don't the bosses fight meaning the presidents when he heard his great grandad was killed in the Vietnam war this was in 2016.
Your comment is a dead horse. Its bones have been flailed every year since Cain found Abel alone. The problem is that ambitious men are born into each generation. The leaders don't fight because there are also followers born into each generation. And followers also have followers...
Heather it is not the men who fight that need to learn , they go where they are told and do what they are told without question , it is the people who stay out of the conflict just give orders that need to learn
In 1915 my dear old Dad lied about his age so he could go, as a second lieutenant in the British Machine Gun Corps, into combat. He was shot through the lung the first time he went over the top, and barely survived. He told the story with humility and humor. He never saw himself as a hero. The experience turned him against the cult of heroism in war.
I had grandfather's, and other family on both sides (British and German) of both world wars. Even though I was born in '69, I kind of lived in the ghosts of those wars, till the relevant people died off.
This is an absolutely incredible song. It pays tribute to the bravery of the soldiers while also being one of the best anti-war songs ever written. Because, yes, one can "support the troops", as in be grateful for their sacrifice, and simultaneously be against the concept of war, especially given that the leaders of nations are often so quick to start wars because they know THEY won't be the ones on the battlefield; it'll be the common people fighting and suffering the most. To everyone who has served or is currently serving, and to your families and friends, thank you.
Yeah I’ve heard quite a few different singers and I’m always drawn back to Finbar Furey and his banjo , it makes the hairs on my neck stand too attention. Sorry I’ve just seen my typo mistake with my first post.
Maybe you’re not Irish ☘️ I’m living in my motherland and speak her language. You’re entitled to your opinion as am I , you should familiarize yourself with the Fureys music and remember whilst listening to their music that they’re a part of the traveling community in Ireland and they came from nothing , these are an example” of we can achieve anything if we want it’ just humble people doing what they know best.
Since man first stood erect men have fought and died, for their tribe, their country, their God!! I hope there is a place where they have found peace!!
Aged 93,l still remember some of survivors ( including my father, who had been badly wounded but survived the battle of the Somme=)
He put it all behind him and never spoke of it.
I remember a pin-back button I used to have in the 60s/70s- ‘What if they gave a war and nobody came?’ After all, in most wars it’s only the leaders who profit. If the ‘leaders’ started a war, and the peasants (on all sides) refused to fight, there wouldn’t be a war. Put the leaders in a ring to fight each other. I bet they would be too cowardly to actually do the fighting themselves.
I heard a three year old say the same thing, he said why don't the bosses fight meaning the presidents when he heard his great grandad was killed in the Vietnam war this was in 2016.
I had the poster on my wall, in an army camp, some of us will never learn.
Young men die fighting old men’s wars.
@@patbyrne5576 To make those old men rich.
Your comment is a dead horse. Its bones have been flailed every year since Cain found Abel alone. The problem is that ambitious men are born into each generation. The leaders don't fight because there are also followers born into each generation. And followers also have followers...
So sad So many died in war our world leaders will never learn from history
And an American President had the shameful audacity to call them "Losers and Suckers".
And an American President had the shameful audacity to call them "Losers and Suckers".
If they didn't do any of it, this song does it all, for them all.
They do not grow old........
Heard Eric Bogle sing this song in Hamilton New Zealand a few months - he's still in fine voice and his song is still just as powerful. LDB
I was working in Belgium, and the graves were so humbling 😢😢😢
They will never learn ❤😢
Heather, it's not that they'll never learn, it's that ambitious men are born into each generation.
Heather it is not the men who fight that need to learn , they go where they are told and do what they are told without question , it is the people who stay out of the conflict just give orders that need to learn
I think people really believed it was the war to end wars ,they thought that no one would want to repeat what had happened
Unfortunately our leaders and politicians have other plans
In 1915 my dear old Dad lied about his age so he could go, as a second lieutenant in the British Machine Gun Corps, into combat. He was shot through the lung the first time he went over the top, and barely survived. He told the story with humility and humor. He never saw himself as a hero. The experience turned him against the cult of heroism in war.
My mother's family grave lots have 2 widows buried there whose husband disappeared into the mud of Europe. Take care Anne.
I had grandfather's, and other family on both sides (British and German) of both world wars. Even though I was born in '69, I kind of lived in the ghosts of those wars, till the relevant people died off.
So...this means you're a very old lady, Anne. Congratulations!
I was taught in the '60s by a WW1 veteran who told stories of the trenches and the advantages of wearing a kilt when 'going over the top'.
Plato said only the dead have seen the end of war God bless all those who sacrifice for family & country
This is an absolutely incredible song. It pays tribute to the bravery of the soldiers while also being one of the best anti-war songs ever written. Because, yes, one can "support the troops", as in be grateful for their sacrifice, and simultaneously be against the concept of war, especially given that the leaders of nations are often so quick to start wars because they know THEY won't be the ones on the battlefield; it'll be the common people fighting and suffering the most. To everyone who has served or is currently serving, and to your families and friends, thank you.
Bring'em home! Bring'em home!
Death to war...
Thankyou, greetings from Londonderry
The Irish have this one covered Lads..try Finbar Furey singing this phenominal..
And Davey Arthur, excellent version.
The original by
His rough 'ould voice suits the song to a tee. I saw them live in Dundalk many years ago. VERY moving.
Not wrong this time John,,, Gob fluck Agus bas in Eire...Not exact spelling, but may you die in Ireland, with a drink in your hand....
@@paulwoolley4957
Eric Bogle wrote and performed it first.
Scottish born-Austrilian
Stiff little fingers version is gritty and the best version I have heard 🏴
No Man's Land - Eric Bogle
Yes, Eric Bogle sings it beautifully. ❤❤
The original by Eric Bogle is the best version regardless of how many people sing it
@@paulwoolley4957 You are absolutely right.
Dunbar Furey is the only man that can sing this ballad as if he were speaking to Willie Mc Bride .
Yeah I’ve heard quite a few different singers and I’m always drawn back to Finbar Furey and his banjo , it makes the hairs on my neck stand too attention. Sorry I’ve just seen my typo mistake with my first post.
The Furey version is garbage IMHO.
Maybe you’re not Irish ☘️ I’m living in my motherland and speak her language. You’re entitled to your opinion as am I , you should familiarize yourself with the Fureys music and remember whilst listening to their music that they’re a part of the traveling community in Ireland and they came from nothing , these are an example” of we can achieve anything if we want it’ just humble people doing what they know best.
@@maryfarrell1120 I also came from 'nothing'. So what?
@@maryfarrell1120 well said Mary they are a great musical family I love listening to their music talented them all
Amazing
Since man first stood erect men have fought and died, for their tribe, their country, their God!! I hope there is a place where they have found peace!!
Great version of this song..
I love it too.
Wow heartbreaking ❤
#finbar furey-christy dignam (beautiful version)🍀💚🏴🇮🇪🍀
For me, the man who wrote it, Eric Bogle, sings it best 🙂 ua-cam.com/video/M-38PB_5ozc/v-deo.html
Eric Bogle
PAINFUL....!!!
The Cinderella Soldiers(The Liverpool Irish)
And Korea, the forgotten war (almost) and Malaya - invisible enemy........
Written in Canberra by Eric Bogle.
And still there are way too many power hungry men in the world...
Man never learns by history and keeps repeating it for what .
Lest we forget
Even worse than the murder inflicted on this great song by Finbar Furey.
They all fell for the old damned lie : dulce et decorum est pro patria mori