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"The Green Fields Of France"





oh 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 quick
and i hope you died clean
oh willy mcbride, was is it slow and obscene


did they beat the drums slowly
did the 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 loyal heart is your memory enshrined
and though you died back in 1916
to that loyal 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




did they beat the drums slowly
did the 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 shining down on these green fields of france
the warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
the trenches have vanished long under the plow
no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
but here in this graveyard that's still no mans land
the countless white crosses in mute witness stand
till' man's blind indifference to his fellow man
and a whole generation were butchered and damned


did they beat the drums slowly
did the 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 they died
did you really believe them when they told you the cause
did you really believe that this war would end wars
well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
the killing and dying it was all done in vain
oh willy mcbride it all happened again
and again, and again, and again, and again


did they beat the drums slowly
did the 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

Planes: Albatross DVII and Sopwith camel both from simv

Scenery : American graveyard from MAAM (Freeware) at avsim

I don't want this to turn into any kind of political discussion.


Song by: Dropkick Murphies

[salute]Wow....tht's really great Soui....very well presented.....wonderful tribute to those who lost their lives in the Great War..... [/salute]

WoW!!!! That poem is just .. blimey.. just brilliant!!!!!!  ;D  ;)

The 'pictures' are wonderful... im loving it!!!

just one thing i wanted to ask... did you write that ureself?  ???  Its brilliant

Great stuff Soui

Nice shots

Ive been to that American cemetery, or one like it in normandy, its huge...

just one thing i wanted to ask... did you write that ureself?    Its brilliant

They are song lyrics

Song : Green fields of france *hence the titel"

Artists: Dropkick Murphies

CD: The Warrior code (2005 album)

I just liked the lyrics too and the song in general. It isn't a very Dropkick Murphies-ish song since this one is ballad like the regular stuff is brilliant too though..

I'm really glad you like the thread!

Thanks!

This is great!

A nice tribute too

A wonderful set Soui, very much enjoyed it, very well put together!

That cemetary is a mighty powerful place in real life.  Especially with the uncanny symmetry.

Scenery, shots and lyrics are awesome!

Awesome thread!

One of the best things I've ever seen here... wow.

I Salute you on this tribute.  Well done.