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"No Man's Land" (also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride") is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I. Its chorus refers to two famous pieces of military music, the "Last Post" and the "Flowers of the Forest".
Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is an Australian folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide , South Australia . Bogle's songs have covered a variety of topics and have been performed by many artists.
Over the next several years, Paddy and Tom brought in some new material too. "The Green Fields of France", also known as "Willie McBride", by Eric Bogle had become a hit with a recording by the Clancys' old back-up musicians, the Furey Brothers, in the early 1980s. Soon numerous Irish groups were singing it, including the Clancy Brothers and ...
McBride & the Ride, a former country music band from Nashville; McBride plc, British manufacturer of personal care products; McBride Secondary School, a high school in British Columbia; Don McBride Stadium, a baseball ballpark in Richmond, Indiana; No Man's Land (Eric Bogle song), also known as "Willie McBride"
The article is about No Man's Land, not Willie McBride's Reply. I think it's fair enough to mention that Willie McBride's Reply exists, but unless the lyric to No Man's Land is quoted, I don't see why the lyric to Willie McBride's Reply should be quoted, as it imbalances the article. --Theresonator 01:24, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
William V. McBride (1922–2022), general in the United States Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force; William McBride (artist), African-American artist, designer and collector; Bill McBride (blogger), author of Calculated Risk; Willie John McBride (William James McBride, born 1940), former rugby union footballer
A decade later, on Christmas Day in 2011, McBride came out to her parents as a transgender woman. Her mother, Sally, said looking back, she’s not proud of how she and Dave initially reacted.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, they recorded several singles such as Pete Seeger's Rainbow Race, studio versions of The Dutchman, Dandelion Wine and The Town of Ballybay, as well as new material including Kitty from Baltimore, A Place in the Choir, Willie McBride, The Ballad of St Anne's Reel, The Garden Song, and Gentle Annie; some of ...