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Published: 2007-11-10 08:22:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 5833; Favourites: 163; Downloads: 58
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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"?
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1918
On the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour, the guns of World War I silenced over the fields of France.
In memory of the fallen, that we might be worthy.
Lyrics: "The Green Fields of France (No Man's Land)" - Dropkick Murphys
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But here in this graveyard, its still no-man's-land
The countless white crosses lay mute where they stand,
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man,
As a whole generation we're butchered and damned....
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if I saw a ghost in a battlefield graveyard first thing i'd do would salute it.
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I don't like to pick over details, but well ... just one piece of criticism is the corporal's (?) rifle seems to be ... twisted or "broken", somehow.
Other than that, I'm moved to tears, seeing this and remembering the lyrics of "Green Fields of France", particularly the verse "Have you left a wife or a seetheart behind ?"
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My family loves John McDermott's version of this song. This is a beautiful drawing and very well done.
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Thank you! There are many lovely versions of the song, and they all make me cry.
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Listening to the song now. Love the song and love the art.
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Beautiful! I LOVE it!!!! I gotta say that, to me, the most beautiful version of The Green Fields Of France is by The High Kings.
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absolutely beautiful
I couldn't help but tear up as i listened to the song and looked at your drawing just beautiful
you portray the story well
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thank you very much - visiting europe was one of the best times for me, as an american and as a student of history.
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your welcome i wish i could vist europe
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Wow, excellent picture! I just listened to Celtic Thunder's version of this song, and I love it.
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Your artwork fits the song very well and evokes the meaning expressed in it. I can see you have a great respect for those who died in the wars. Great job!
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thank you very much! the celtic thunder version is beautiful, but i think i prefer the raw emotion in the dropkick murphys version - they have a song called "the last letter home" that never fails to make me cry.
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Cool. I'm a bit of a Thunderhead, so it's prob'ly going to remain my favorite version, but I'll definitely check out the Dropkick Murphys sometime.
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Just noticed... his rank is wrong. Granted, it's unsure what country and what service McBride belonged to (it's assumed British Army), but no matter what service, he wouldn't have two stripes.
Still, great job!
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Nicely done!
The lyrics actually come from No Man's Land, a poem by Eric Bogle.
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whats a price of a mile
Hear the sound of a machinegun
Hear it echo in the night
Mortals firing rains the scene
Scars the fields
that once were green
It's a stalemate at the frontline
where the soldiers rest in mud
roads and houses
all is gone
there is no glory to be won
know that many men will suffer
know that many men will die
half a million lives at stake
Ask the fields of Passchendaele
And as the night falls the general calls
and the battle carries on and on
How long?
What is the purpose of it all
What's the price of a mile?
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army on the march
Long way from home
Paying the price in young men's lives
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army in despair
Knee-deep in mud
Stuck in the trench with no way out
Thousands of machineguns
Kept on firing through the night
Mortars blazed and wrecked the scene
Guns in the fields that once were green
Still a deadlock at the frontline
Where the soldiers die in mud
roads and houses since long gone
still no glory has been won
know that many men has suffered
know that many men has died
Six miles of ground has been won
Half a million men are gone
And as the men crawled the general called
And the killing carried on and on
How long?
What's the purpose of it all?
What's the price of a mile?
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army on the march
Long way from home
Paying the price in young men's lives
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army in despair
Knee-deep in mud
Stuck in the trench with no way out
Young men are dying
They pay the price
Oh how they suffer
So tell me what's the price of a mile
That's the price of a mile.
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army on the march
Long way from home
Paying the price in young men's lives
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It's an army in despair
Knee-deep in mud
Stuck in the trench with no way out
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really do love this.
love the song as well, there's an older version done by the fureys which you should check out, it's slower.
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Beautiful tribute for all of the people lost in wars both past and present. Beautiful work....I love the melancholy feeling of this piece. Great job!
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thank you! things like war don't really hit you when you read hte history books, but when you're there... it's a little humbling.
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-odnod- Yeah....that's what battle fields turned memorials and the military graveyards can be good for...they really make it real and sink it in.
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I absolutely love that song and the picture fits it soooo well. Amazing job and a must 
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I'm speachless.... It's amazing. I had to listen to the song while I gazed upon this, and I'm not afraid to admit I cried a little. Wonderful work.
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this picture really speaks to me (especially since my b-day is on 11/11 >< ). i'd really like to see one of the battlefields...
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If you get a chance, you should visit them!
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wow i went to the battlefields just last year and saw the thousands of graves can i just say that this captures the atmosphere there perfectly well done and keep drawing
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*cries*
I listened to the music while looking at this picture. I did shed a tear.
The first world war was truely meaningless.
World war two had a meaning. But World war one, a whole generation slaughtered... Over a single austrian PRINCE. In countries not even related to the assasination.
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It had to do with the system of alliances that the assassination set in motion, and a lot to do with Kaiser Wilhelm's belief that he could use his superior land forces to negate the naval advantage the british had. Because chancellor bismarck was practically on his deathbed at this point (and because wilhelm didn't like him much to begin with), there wasn't anyone in Germany who really thought making the assassination of an ally a causus belli was a bad idea. 
but yes, it was very stupid, and it sowed the seeds for WWII. Have you read Erich Maria Remqrque's book, "All Quiet on the Western Front"?
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No I havn't, but I do know a Young German Lieutenant by the Name of Adolph Hitler was gassed by the British, making him go partially insane. Which I guess only contributed to the rest of the insaneness.
I hope to read All quiet on the western front though. Yes.
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It's beautiful. It makes me think of Flanders Field. I cried when I went to the museaum...
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poppy fields. A great imagery of war.
The girl infront of the grave stone is a beautiful touch here, really gets a the sad message across.
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I dont know what to say, im learning about the great war in school...
All i can say for now is good work...
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Thank you. To really get an idea of the War, I would recommend reading "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque. He was a German soldier so it's fascinating getting the point of view from the other side of the trenches.
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Ooooo very cool - i did a comic based on the song [link]
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thank you for telling me - it was powerful.
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wow...wonderful song and a wonderful picture to go with it
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i know dropkick murphys only did a cover, but it's and awesome cover!
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I concur, but I do appreciate your rendering of the song. Kinda hits close to my heart
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This is so beautiful, I can't even begin to tell you.
You really captured the emotion in this one, I could almost hear the silence, and I definitely felt the sadness and longing.
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