The Green Fields of France (aka No Mans Land / Willie McBride)
The Green Fields of France was written by the Scottish born Australian Eric Bogle ( who also penned And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda ) who laments the meaningless absurdity of World War 1 and subsequent wars. Bogle penned The Green Fields of France after visiting a World War 1 graveyard in Franc
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