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Bogle Eric
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Miscellaneous
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No Mans Land
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NO MAN'S LAND
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(Eric Bogle)
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1. Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride?
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Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
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I'll rest here awhile in the warm summer sun,
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I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done.
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And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
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When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916--
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Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,
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Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?
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Chorus:
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Did they beat the drum slowly,
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Did they sound the fife lowly,
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Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down?
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Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus?
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Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest?"
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2. Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
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In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
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