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.
@nicholaspatton1742
Жыл бұрын
If they didn't do any of it, this song does it all, for them all. They do not grow old........
@kattkatt5564
Жыл бұрын
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.
@annmoles3584
Жыл бұрын
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.
@davidpowell6098
Жыл бұрын
I had the poster on my wall, in an army camp, some of us will never learn.
@patbyrne5576
Жыл бұрын
Young men die fighting old men’s wars.
@davidpowell6098
Жыл бұрын
@@patbyrne5576 To make those old men rich.
@nomadpi1
Жыл бұрын
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...
@Maggy47
Жыл бұрын
So sad So many died in war our world leaders will never learn from history
@jaswmclark
Жыл бұрын
And an American President had the shameful audacity to call them "Losers and Suckers".
@jaswmclark
Жыл бұрын
And an American President had the shameful audacity to call them "Losers and Suckers".
@heathergipps251
Жыл бұрын
They will never learn ❤😢
@nomadpi1
Жыл бұрын
Heather, it's not that they'll never learn, it's that ambitious men are born into each generation.
@Rogster559
Жыл бұрын
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
@andreabest9336
Жыл бұрын
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
@bunnykins8301
Жыл бұрын
I was working in Belgium, and the graves were so humbling 😢😢😢
@annedane8934
Жыл бұрын
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.
@nomadpi1
Жыл бұрын
My mother's family grave lots have 2 widows buried there whose husband disappeared into the mud of Europe. Take care Anne.
@karlfurrutter14
Жыл бұрын
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.
@pfdrtom
Жыл бұрын
So...this means you're a very old lady, Anne. Congratulations!
@colinb8103
Жыл бұрын
I think people really believed it was the war to end wars ,they thought that no one would want to repeat what had happened
@annmoles3584
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately our leaders and politicians have other plans
@Bruce-1956
Жыл бұрын
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'.
@markduffield8110
Жыл бұрын
Plato said only the dead have seen the end of war God bless all those who sacrifice for family & country
@steven117
Жыл бұрын
Death to war...
@thomasquinn9183
Жыл бұрын
Stiff little fingers version is gritty and the best version I have heard 🏴
@AliciaNyblade
10 ай бұрын
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.
@annedane8934
7 ай бұрын
Bring'em home! Bring'em home!
@gwennethscullion9582
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou, greetings from Londonderry
@johnsometimeswrong8742
Жыл бұрын
The Irish have this one covered Lads..try Finbar Furey singing this phenominal..
@davidpowell6098
Жыл бұрын
And Davey Arthur, excellent version.
@paulwoolley4957
Жыл бұрын
The original by
@tacfoley4443
Жыл бұрын
His rough 'ould voice suits the song to a tee. I saw them live in Dundalk many years ago. VERY moving.
@staffy4389
Жыл бұрын
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....
@bernicewade9796
Жыл бұрын
@@paulwoolley4957 Eric Bogle wrote and performed it first. Scottish born-Austrilian
@ronaldstewart2532
2 жыл бұрын
No Man's Land - Eric Bogle
@jacquismith3277
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Eric Bogle sings it beautifully. ❤❤
@paulwoolley4957
Жыл бұрын
The original by Eric Bogle is the best version regardless of how many people sing it
@jacquismith3277
Жыл бұрын
@@paulwoolley4957 You are absolutely right.
@RFWieder
Жыл бұрын
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!!
@maryfarrell1120
Жыл бұрын
Dunbar Furey is the only man that can sing this ballad as if he were speaking to Willie Mc Bride .
@maryfarrell1120
Жыл бұрын
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.
@MrConan89
Жыл бұрын
The Furey version is garbage IMHO.
@maryfarrell1120
Жыл бұрын
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.
@MrConan89
Жыл бұрын
@@maryfarrell1120 I also came from 'nothing'. So what?
@tomasofaolain3117
Жыл бұрын
@@maryfarrell1120 well said Mary they are a great musical family I love listening to their music talented them all
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