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No Man's Land (Eric Bogle song) "No Man's Land" (also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride") is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I. Its chorus refers to two famous pieces of military music, the "Last Post" and ...
This song is commonly known as "The Green Fields of France", a title it was first given by The Fureys and which has subsequently been used in many further cover versions. The song refers to the traditional Scottish song "Flowers of the Forest" being played over the grave of a World War I soldier. Bogle deliberately gave the dead soldier an ...
Their first single, a cover version of "The Green Fields of France", was released in 1984. [1] Written by Eric Bogle (of "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" fame), the song's protagonist imagined having a conversation with one of the fallen soldiers of World War I whilst sitting by his graveside.
The Fureys are an Irish folk band originally formed in 1974. The group consisted initially of four brothers who grew up in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Brothers Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George Furey are of Irish Traveller heritage. [ 1] Two of the band's singles have been number one hits in Ireland, and two of their albums charted in the United Kingdom.
Finbar Furey was born on 28 September 1946 in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Finbar's well-known musician father, Ted started him on the Uilleann pipes while he was very young. By his teens, he had won three All Ireland Medals, The Oireachtas, and many Feisanna. He was the only piper to win the All Ireland, the Oireachtas medal and the four province ...
Greenfields (song) " Greenfields " is a song written by Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, and Terry Gilkyson ( The Easy Riders) and performed by the Brothers Four. [ 2] In 1960, the track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in Canada, [ 3] and No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart. [ 4]
Tessie. Souvenir card from the 1903 World Series with the lyrics of "Tessie". " Tessie " is both the longtime anthem of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s Boston Red Sox and a 2004 song by the punk rock group Dropkick Murphys. The original "Tessie" was from the 1902 Broadway musical The Silver Slipper. The newer song, written in 2004, recounts how ...
Four Green Fields is a 1967 folk song by Irish musician Tommy Makem, described in The New York Times as a "hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad." [ 1 ] Of Makem's many compositions, it has become the most familiar, and is part of the common repertoire of Irish folk musicians.