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No Man's Land <mp3 autoplay="1">NoMansLand.mp3</mp3> Click to play... |
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An Eric Bogle song - a lyrical meditation if you will - that evokes the realities of war more honestly than the official ceremonies with their obfuscating leitmotif of restrained pomp and militarism - sung appropriately here in both English and German
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Well how do you do, Private Willy McBride, CHORUS And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind CHORUS The sun's shining down on these green fields of France; CHORUS And I can't help but wonder, no Willie McBride, |
![]() Relevant external links No Glory in War |
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Document:Why I wear a white poppy | article | 9 November 2018 | Peter | A summary of the reasons why the author wears a white poppy during the UK Remembrance Day commemoration. |