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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 ...
Genres. Folk. Occupation (s) Singer-songwriter. Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is a Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25, to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of topics and have been performed by many artists.
Over the next several years, Paddy and Tom brought in some new material too. "The Green Fields of France", also known as "Willie McBride", by Eric Bogle had become a hit with a recording by the Clancys' old back-up musicians, the Furey Brothers, in the early 1980s. Soon numerous Irish groups were singing it, including the Clancy Brothers and ...
The article is about No Man's Land, not Willie McBride's Reply. I think it's fair enough to mention that Willie McBride's Reply exists, but unless the lyric to No Man's Land is quoted, I don't see why the lyric to Willie McBride's Reply should be quoted, as it imbalances the article. --Theresonator 01:24, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Eric Bogle. " And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda " is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. This is exemplified in the song by the account of a young Australian serviceman who is maimed during the Gallipoli ...
Aris Folley. January 31, 2017 at 1:36 PM. O. Jermaine Simmons, a well-known pastor based in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to flee a house naked after a husband came home early to find him in ...
Makem and Clancy was an Irish folk duo popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The group consisted of Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, who had originally achieved fame as a part of the trailblazing folk group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the 1960s. Makem and Clancy sang a combination of traditional Irish music, folks songs from a variety of ...
William McBride (artist), African-American artist, designer and collector; Bill McBride (blogger), author of Calculated Risk; Willie John McBride (William James McBride, born 1940), former rugby union footballer; William Leon McBride (born 1938), American philosopher; See also "No Man's Land" (Eric Bogle song), a 1976 song also known as "Willie ...