The Green Fields Of France

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The Fureys & Davey Arthur

The Fureys are an Irish folk band originally formed in 1974. The group consisted initially of four brothers who grew up in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Brothers Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George Furey are of Irish Traveller heritage. Two of the band's singles have been number one hits in Ireland, and two of their albums charted in the United Kingdom. In collaborations with Davey Arthur, they have also been credited as The Fureys and Davey Arthur. more »

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Well, how do you do, young Willie 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 I'm nearly done
I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen 
When you joined the great fallen in 1916 
I hope you died well and I hope you died clean 
Or young Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene? 

Did they beat the drum 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 in chorus? 
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest? 

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind 
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined? 
Although, you died back in 1916 
In that faithful heart are you forever nineteen? 
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Enclosed in forever behind the glass frame 
In an old photograph, torn, battered and stained 
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame? 

Did they beat the drum 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 in chorus? 
And did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest? 

The sun now it shines on the green fields of France
There's a warm summer breeze that 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

Did they beat the drum 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 in chorus? 
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest? 

Ah young Willie McBride, I can't help wonder why
Do those that lie here know why did they die?
And did they believe when they answered the cause
Did they really believe that this war would end wars? 
Well the sorrow, the suffering, the glory, the pain
The killing and dying, were all done in vain
For young Willie McBride, it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again

Did they beat the drum 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 in chorus? 
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest? 

Did they beat the drum 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 in chorus? 
And did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

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