Song Lyrics Paddy Schmidt - THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> P>> Paddy Schmidt Singer Lyrics [Paddy Schmidt other resources]>> THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Paddy Schmidt Music Title/Track: THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE Theme ID: 843 Album: N/A Well how do you do, young Willie McBride, do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside. And rest for a while ?neath the warm summer sun. I?ve been working all day and I?m nearly done. I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen, when you joined the great fallen in nineteen-sixteen. I hope you died well and I hope you died clean. Or Willie McBride, was it slow and unseen. CHORUS: Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly? Did they sound the death-march as they lowered you down? And 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 Although you died back in nineteen sixteen In that faithful heart are you forever nineteen Or are you a stranger without even a name Enclosed and forever behind the glass frame In a old photograph, torn and battered and stained And fade to yellow in a brown leather frame. CHORUS The sun now it shines on the green fields of France There?s a warm summer breeze, makes the red poppies dance And look how the sun shines from under the clouds There?s no gas, no barbed wire, there?s no guns firing now But here in this graveyard it?s still no-man?s-land The countless white crosses stand mute in the sand To man?s blind indifference to his fellow man To a whole generation that were butchered and damned. CHORUS Now young Willie McBride I can?t help but wonder why Do all those that lie here know why did they died And did they believe when they answered the cause Did they really believe that this war would end wars For the sorrows, the suffering, the glory. the pain The killing and dying was all done in vain For young Willie McBride it all happened again And again, and again, and again, and again Related Lyrics Random lyrics: WHISKEY ON A SUNDAY, WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, WILD ROVER, YE JACOBITES BY NAME, Bayangkanlah, Begitu Indah, Beri Aku Arti, Hitam, Jawaban Hati, Kasih Tak Sampai, Kemana Angin Berhembus, Mahadewi, Seandainya Aku Bisa Memilih, Semua Tak Sama, Seperti Kekasihku, Sesuata Yang Indah, Sesuatu Yang Indah, Sobat, adios ayer, Aika Mittaa Ystaevyyttae, Ei Mee Pois, En Kaipaa Sua, Yoeperhonen, La Jasette, 11 Y 6, Al Lado Del Camino, Brillante Sobre El Mic, Cable A Tierra, Cadaver Exquisito, CadVer Exquisito, Circo Beat, Dar Es Dar, Del 63, Dos En La Ciudad, El Amor Despues Del Amor, El Chico De La Tapa, El Diablo De Tu CorazN, El Diablo De Tu Coraz?N, Fue Amor, Giros, Llueve Sobre Mojado, Mariposa Technicolor, Polaroid De Locura Ordinaria, Tres Agujas, Absent Minded, Artless Treatment, Collapsed, Confidence in the Executioner, Confidence In The Executioner (Share Nothing), Epitome, Other Paddy Schmidt song Lyrics ARAGON MILL Lyrics ARE YE SLEEPING MAGGIE Lyrics BACK HOME IN DERRY Lyrics MADAM IM A DARLING Lyrics MAIRIS WEDDING Lyrics MOLLY MALONE Lyrics MONTO Lyrics MURSHIN DURKIN Lyrics MY BELFAST Lyrics NANCY WHISKEY Lyrics NOW IM EASY Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Padi Lyrics Padilla Jose Lyrics Paeivi Lepistoe Lyrics Paent Kevin Lyrics Paez Fito Lyrics Fito Paez Lyrics PAGAN LORN Lyrics Pagano Lindsay Lyrics Page Lyrics Page and Plant Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy