Did the band play the last post and chorus, did the pipes play the flowers of the the Forest. Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down.
Absolutley awesome song..........
2007-03-21 22:47:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Well how do you do, young willy mcbride
do you mind if i sit here down by your graveside
and rest for a while in the warm summer sun
i've been walking all day, and im nearly done
and i see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
when you joined the great fallen in 1916
well i hope you died well
and i hope you died clean
or young willy mcbride, was is it slow and obscene
[Chorus]
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
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
and did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
in some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
and though you died back in 1916
in that faithful heart you're forever nineteen
or are you a stranger without even a name
forever enshrined behind some old glass pane
in an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained
and faded to yellow in a brown leather frame
[Chorus]
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
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
the sun now it shines on the green fields of france
theres a warm summer breeze that makes the red poppies dance
and look how the sun shines from under the clouds
no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
but here in this graveyard that'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 were butchered and damned
[Chorus]
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
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
and i can't help but wonder oh willy mcbride
do all those who lie here know why did they die
did you really believe them when they told you the cause
did you really believe that this war would end wars
well the sorrow, the suffering, the glory, the pain
the killing and dying it was all done in vain
for young willy mcbride it all happened again
and again, and again, and again, and again
[Chorus]
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
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
2007-03-21 23:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by Dermo26 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Green Fields Of France
2007-03-22 05:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Green Fields Of France Lyrics - John Mcdermott
2007-03-22 06:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Willy Mcbride/Green fields of france - The Fureys and Davey Arthur?
Wow - it might not be quite right but that is a blast fom the past!
2007-03-22 05:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by crazylady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green Fields of France or the ballad of willie macbride - Beautiful ssong about the horrors of war. - I see by your gravestone, you were only 19 - come on folks lets all have a singa long!
2007-03-22 05:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by Skating Nun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the Green Fields of France. one of those rebel songs, numerous people sang it.
2007-03-22 05:53:56 · answer #6 · answered by kit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have really no idea what you are talking about.
2007-03-22 05:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋