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- The Fureys The green fields of france lyrics
Well how do you do, young Willie McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside,
And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun?
I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.
I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fall-in in Nineteen-Sixteen.
I hoped you died well, and I hoped you died clean,
Or young Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?
Did they beat the drums slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
And did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
Did you leave any wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart, is your memory enshrined?
Although you died back in Nineteen-Sixteen,
In that faithful heart are you forever nineteen?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Enclosed in forever behind the glass frame
In an old photograph torn, battered and bent,
And faded to yellow in a brown, leather frame
Chorus: Beat the drums slowly
The sun now it shines on the green fields of France.
There's a warm, summer breeze that makes the red poppies dance.
And look how the sun shines from under the clouds:
There's no gas, no barbed wire; there's no guns firing down
But here in this graveyard, it's still no mans land,
The countless white crosses stand mute in the sand,
To a man's blind indifference to his fellow man,
To a whole generation that were butchered and damned
Chorus: Beat the drums slowly
Ah, young Willie McBride, I can't help wonder why,
To those that lie here, now why did they die?
And did they believe when they answered the call,
Did they really believe that this war would end war?
Well, the sorrows, the suffering, the glory, the pain,
The killing and dying was all done in vain.
For young Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again and again and again and again!
(Chorus repeated twice)
Did they beat the drums slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
And did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
R.I.P. from Germany. Respect to all the boys and men fallen, no matter
under which flag they fought! What a shame... your life was over before
it even began... and it all happened again.. and again and again and
again...
Chris, I hope this song represents soldiers of both sides in this war. The war out of all wars fought may have been the most foolish and selfish.
I totally agree with you. May this never happen again. It was all about control, money and pride... the pride ended in the blood filled ground
respect @ Chris Krueger ... together were stronger, better and the good majority should never suffer ...#onelove
Only capitalistes that make war for their interest as usual! And the poor are like cattle! I hope that one day we all understand that to stop it !!!@@Norman7283
ERIC BOGLE WROTE A SONG FROM THE HEARTS OF VETERANS AROUND THE GLOBE!!! HOW SAD TO BE 2015 AND STILL THE SAME.
Even worse in 2017!
A great
Song against War , and it,s the only one who makes me cry
Ive been performing songs for 50 years im going to record my version of this song very soon but it breaks my heart, its THE most powerful Ant War Song In History, Eric Bogle should have been Knighted for writing this song!!!!!! A Scotsman wrote this song about all those fallen...Beyond Politics and for all the fallen
i'm spanish but i can appreciate the beauty of thus song u absolutely love it
This is simply unbelievable. It takes me to another world.
“To Man’s blind indifference to his fellow man” - as true today as it was then. I f’in love this song - I grew up in England and have taught it to Irish mates. It is beautiful and so meaningful.
Regardless of your politics, this honest and soulful version of this song should have some kind of impact on you. I personally cant quit playing along with it after a dozen times or more. Unbelievably eloquent lyrics and profoundly proud and sad in a way that is utterly and distinctly Celtic. Thanks for putting something of real value on YT, thanks from the Detroit area for the great upload - Cheers.
R.I.P. my grand father; died in Flandern in November 1914..
I have 'Flanders Red' poppies growing in my garden every year, and they are a reminder of man's inhumanity to man.
Honorable men, all of them, on both sides!! Doing what they must - doing what they could
Beautiful sad song, makes me cry every time. Love it
The best anti-war song ever!
David Elliott my home land
Hi Maria, thank u for ur reply. I am originally from Northern Ireland, now living in England. I am Protestant and Orange and consider myself British, but listen to all views and respect others' views even if I may not agree with them. From an early age I heard the music of the Fureys...and loved it. I actually saw them on St. Patrick's Day in 2010. They did a concert lasting over 2 hours and I wondered why they did not sing this song....until the finale when they brought the house down with "The Green Fields Of France". The many English people (majority) in the audience who had never seen them were stunned by the words of this song, the song that everyone was talking about in the foyer after. I am sure u will agree that it is an unsung classic....David
it should not be described as an anti war song. it has a context to WW1, and unnecessary suffering which WW1 is best known for. if anything this is about an Irish experience, and joining the great war for futile outcomes. (political appeasements in early WW2 was proved be divisive. WW2 demonstrated there can be a need for war)
David Elliott I'd say tied with "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Another great song about the futility of war, from an old Anzac's perspective. Those Furey's though...they can bring you to tears in no time flat. When Finbar sings The Fields of Athenry...get the tissues.
This song is a English song I chould be wrong
All those millions and millions of souls........ Their names are for ever written in the Palm of The Lord's Hand and He shall remember.
Whos listening in second lockdown... 2020... still believing.👊🏻
Ich hoffe, all die armen Jungs sind nicht umsonst gefallen...
Das Lied ist aktueller, den je....
RIP , Ihr armen Seelen. Wir sind auch bald `dran.
So Eric Bogle a borderer from Scotland, wrote this tune, just to keep everyone who doesn't know better. It's not Irish, although we are cousins anyhow..
Just a wee footnote to the lyrics,the line "when you joined the great fall-in in 1916"
Its should read "when you joined the great FALLEN in 1916"
The "fallen" were those who died in the war.
Many many get this wrong in the lyrics of this song!
Fantastic song though,really touches you.
Lovely, lovely song and great sentiments, The Fureys sing this better than anyone, thanks for uploading this.
Wonderful ...Tears as always
Ah, young Willie McBride, I can't help wonder why,
To those that lie here, now why did they die?
And did they believe when they answered the call,
Did they really believe that this war would end war?
Well, the sorrows, the suffering, the glory, the pain,
The killing and dying was all done in vain.
For young Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again and again and again and again!
IT WAS ANZAC DAY 100 YRS THIS WEEKEND, AND I SAT LISTENING TO THIS SONG. I COULD NOT HELP BUT QUOTE THE LAST VERSE, AS NEWS FILLS THE AIRWAVES WITH MORE REFUGEES, MORE GUNS, MORE BOMBS, THAN EVER BEFORE!!! WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN!
hazza harris will the string pullers ever learn...
Politicians and obscenely rich men that make wars NEVER learn .... they don’t want too ... it would prevent them from making even more money ... money that gives them power .... which in turn breeds corruption.
The short answer my friend is "NEVER"
Reading what so many have written about the amazing lyrics and voice, what can I add? I wish peace for our world, our time here on this beautuful earth is so terribly short, when will we learn humility to others? Bless the whole world!
It’s a shame that they’ve changed the lyrics a bit but still good, I’d recommend listening to the corries version as well it’s the best in my opinion
The Greatest of all songs about the human cost and futility of war. If only politicians would take heed and countries across the world would show tolerance and respect to all others. Peace can be achieved and maintained if there's sufficient will.
Travelin' Soldier is better.
Very moving that the audience sings as well. It reminds me of watching an audience singing Fear a' bhàta.
I never get tired hearing this great anti war song, have seen the Fureys live several times and look forward to seeing them again in May
best version yet.. class
Fantastic Rendition,❤😊. Slainte, Gerry Giffney who got Jack Charlton his Irish job. 😊
beautiful and very moved song
my brother loved this song and sang it most days till he died,it will always have a place in my heart
Big Hugs Brother, Its An Amazing Song...Your Brother Had Great Taste x
Je nádherná, mám husí kůži....
It's just wonderful. I'm even more impressed that I'm French. I wish I knew how to say "thank you" in Gaelic !
Go raibh maith agat. ;)
Go raibh maith agat
Im only nine and i love this songstill 😁😁😍
MY DAD WOULD BE SINGING THIS SONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN OMG LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLO
Beautiful.
My dad sang this song best anti war song ever cry every time I play
Mick DOLAN
beautiful & appropriate tune
The VERY>>>VERY best of the Fureys.............sing it every Nov 11th!!!!!
Wat a song. love it
Amazing.
Flowers of the forest was written after the battle of foldden. That would have been England's chance at ruining us completely. Thankfully they left us alone for a bit after that utter disaster.
Je nádherná, dojemná,mám slzy v očích ♥
It is November 11 and it still is with us.
Great song can't stop listining to it
BRILLIANT !!!
This is incredible
Fusilier Willie McBride of the Royal Inniskiling Fusiliers. To this faithful heart he is ALWAYS 19!
Shite. He was Scottish
@@trevorramsay117 No, Scottish/Australian songwriter wrote the song after visiting the grave of Willie Mcbride of the Inniskillings.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho no, eric chose the scottish name macbride because it rhymed with graveside. if you listen to erics interview with an irish tv crew you will hear him state quite clearly that the photo of the soldiers grave is not the one he sat down at. am auld enought to go right back to the 70s when eric wrote. he also states quite clearly he wrote in memory of all the soldiers in the belgian cemetery he was visiting.it will include an irish soldier but not about one individual soldier......not even scots.
@@brucecollins4729 Interesting, I watched a programme where they traced it to the Willie McBride of the Skins.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho eric bogle wrote this sang after he visited a ww1 cemetery in belgium in memory of all the soldiers who are buried there.(not about one individual soldier). i know as i was around when this sang ..no mans land ..came out. not until the furies got hold it did the irish media promote it about a sang about an individual irish soldier. in his interview you will quite clearly hear him say...and i quote......people think this is the grave i sat down at, it,s not........unquote. the one he sat down at was further over.....so who was the original willy macbride?
Love It Love It !
Thanks For The Words Dub----Been Singing The Wrong 2nd Verse For Years--Best Thing Is I Sing It In An Irish Club and No-one Told Me LOL
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Thanks For Sharing.
Merry Christmas and A Happy Healthy 2011 To All.
Keep Smiling.
These are not the original lyrics, so the 2nd verse you have been singing was probably the Eric Bogle orginal version.
Love this song xx
This song is by Eric Bogle and also known as 'No Man's Land'.
if this doesn't move you, hello stone!
Tom McKnight-so proud of you(My grandfather's brother did it for freedom).
Best version of this song
Brian Kavanagh no the fury is
The crowd was great.
this to me is the best version
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xo I sang along!
The best song of 2016
Bless them
It’s a Scottish song. Not Irish. Keep up folks
What a voice.
Best version of the song, god bless all the UK lads and Irish lads who died and were slaughtered.
They were truly the best generation ever and our countries have never been the same since.
R.I.P Uncle Lawrence Briscoe. John Alred Briscoe father of myself, Deborah Hope Briscoe.
greenfieldsby the furys and free the people by the dubliners are the 2 best of these type of song
Except The Green Fields of France was written by Eric Bogle, a Scotsman.
MR Putin listen to the words there are no victors in war only losers we are on this earth for barely the blink of an eye can we all not live together in peace there is no disgrace in loving your country but loving humanity is far greater
love it :)
Goosebumps
@Mary Stephens ie.lyrics
well ,you know one often hears different versions of these songs- though the variations are usually very slight -so you probably were not actually "wrong" :-)
= this is probably due to the oral tradition & transmission of these ballads, maybe small local and regional differences as well
❤❤❤
God bless Tom
God bless Willie
Brings tears to my eyes...and to think we killed the best and brightest of our people, and look how "the plan" turned out...
Yes, "Butcher Haig" (Field Marshal Douglas Haig) had a lot to answer for, yet never did.
seeing the audience singing along with this fantastic anti-war song reall gives hope.
classic
Nice, but, I don't think you can top the Dropkick Murphys version for capturing the pure, tear wrenching poignancy and emotion of this beautiful, sad song.
Lmao...johnny come lately Murphys
I'd say by the looks of things that audience were well on their way!
please forgive my ignorance but who wrote this very moving song the words are amazing
Eric Bogle. The same guy who wrote Waltzing Matilda
@@benitolonard4441 - The Band Played Walzing Matilda - not the original folk song of course..... 😃
Written by a Scot. Made legendary by the Furys
Beautiful, my favourite irish song
Its not Irish ,written by a scot who emigrated to Australia Eric Bogle ,nor was it written about an actual Willie McBride surname was used as rhymes with graveside
@@cecircinn2908 had a fella at a pub once swearing black and blue it was written by the Fureys. I see it repeated often.
@@whalencow It is easy enough to Google the song and see that it was written by Eric Bogle, a Scot.
Love this version of the Song. Would someone please tell me where this was shot so that I can try and get a DVD of this concert? It's without a doubt the most moving version I've ever seen them do. I think the two points that hit best of all for me are when he sings "There's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no gun firing now" and also when he stops singing and lets the others in the band sing "as they lowered you down" ... He just nails the mood and the meaning of this song completely here. Anyone who knows anything about the concert...please let me know.
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fureys-Arthur-Davey-Years/dp/B0014YKR0Y/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1387327038&sr=8-9&keywords=the+fureys
Thanks so much! Very much appreciated ! :D
beautiful anti war song no winners in war only victims RIP all the fallen we shall remember them them
Shane 🙏
whoooah
11th hour, 11th day 11th month. Never forget
11:23 on the 11th of November 2018. 100 years ago
11/11 remember them
The futility of it all...........
It's a lovely version, but these aren't the original Eric Bogle lyrics of the song....
Memories finbar streets of ny streets of dublin big freddie
Song says it all. Wars are for the totally insecure.
here is what is really sad, people, like me, who have no idea of the history of Ireland and all that happened there....the suffering, the injustices and the misery put upon Ireland and it's people...the sadness, the hope, .....I went to visit Ireland this past September and what an eye opener the history was...is...things still go on there that the rest of the world is oblivious to....a beautiful country with beautiful people ... I love this song & The Fields of Athenry.....2 songs I heard sung a lot at the pubs...Erin go Bragh, as my Momma used to say
PD FLOYD this song is about World War 1.
@@miklosselkirk Eric Bogle has stated the reason he wrote the song was to remind the British people ,during the period of anti Irish feelings caused by the actions of the I.R.A, that many Irish soldiers died with them during WW1.
@@benitolonard4441 Eric Bogle wasn't sectarian. The IRA were and are.
@@jacmac3118I am at a loss to why you made that comment but the innocent Irish people impacted by the anti Irish feelings caused by the IRA weren't sectarian either.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/green-fields-of-france-written-to-tackle-anti-irish-prejudice-1.2108217
Writen by Eric Bogle.
it's out of sync but if you're pissed that's still fine
we all age yeh????
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No Mans Land.
Dale Mac you might know it as no man's land but it's called green fields of France or we call it Willie Mcbride just saying
@@MrShamrock1973 , the song was written by Scotsman Eric Bogle in 1976 and he called it No Man’s Land on his album Now I’m Easy. He also always referred to the song as No Man’s Land when he played it live.
The pipes Actually played The sash . The Flowers where both Orange and Green
so poignant still
No true feelings to him it was just a song... like mcalpine fusiliers ed hoc
Finbar sang it with compassion anger sadness and heartbreak
It’s not an anti war song peeps! It’s a song depicting the atrocity of war and the devastation it caused to peoples lives. That’s it is not protesting against war itself
Finbarr's version is much better. Eddie has a good voice but something lacking
mooi maar zinloos oorlog
so, up there arse, wis the bus late....
pile of shite in rememerbrence ..... too fast.... it was like...geeza the money.. wee r off
jim Donnelly Fuck off idiot
to the young Irish men who were sent to france with a pocket full of of silver to fight for a tyrannical foreign empire
to all the young men french German African indian English from where ever they came, to fight someone else's stupid vicious war
no they went as all went irish / scots/ welsh even us scousers orange and green no silver just a thought . x
Christy dignam dose this better than him
the band should be banned from u tube...........tell me why no?????
jim Donnelly they should not because there amazing mate
Beautiful.