Virtual Jukebox

Armistice Day (1918-2018)  

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhOO9Q323Y

The sun is shining down on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished now under the plough
No gas and no barbed-wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard that's still No Man's Land
And the countless white crosses, in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned

June Tabor - No Man's Land / Flowers of the Forest 

Armistice Day (1918-2018)  

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhOO9Q323Y

The sun is shining down on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished now under the plough
No gas and no barbed-wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard that's still No Man's Land
And the countless white crosses, in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned

June Tabor - No Man's Land / Flowers of the Forest 

Eric Bogle, who wrote the song, has written many other songs of the Great  War, the most famous of which is probably ""The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" which was also recorded by June Tabor. 

I had the great pleasure of seeing him at a local folk club, packed to the rafters a few years ago.  He said he prefers 'No Man's Land' as it is a lot more compact than The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.  But all his songs show what a very fine songwriter he is.  And despite living in Australia for so long, he still maintains his Scottish accent!