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I always loved that song!
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I absolutely love this image. The text is like an extra leaf. Wonderful. And what a song - heartrending.The Green Leaves of Willie McBride
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From the song "No Man's Land" (1976)
Also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride".
Eric Bogle. Scottish Autralian folksinger-songwriter.
Well, how do you do, Private William McBride,
Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside?
And rest for awhile in the warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916,
Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?
Did they Beat the drum slowly, did the play the pipes lowly?
Did the rifles fir o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugles sound The Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?
And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined?
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you forever 19?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?
The sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard that's still No Man's Land
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.
And I can't help but wonder, no Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you "The Cause?"
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.
Gracias Jilly!I absolutely love this image. The text is like an extra leaf. Wonderful. And what a song - heartrending.
The Green Leaves of Willie McBride
View attachment 93113
ProShot, ColorStory (Tools/Crop, Candy Minimal/Bananas, Deep/True), Over
From the song "No Man's Land" (1976)
Also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride".
Eric Bogle. Scottish Autralian folksinger-songwriter.
Well, how do you do, Private William McBride,
Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside?
And rest for awhile in the warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916,
Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?
Did they Beat the drum slowly, did the play the pipes lowly?
Did the rifles fir o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugles sound The Last Post in chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?
And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined?
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you forever 19?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?
The sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard that's still No Man's Land
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.
And I can't help but wonder, no Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you "The Cause?"
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.
Gorgeous....I Walk Alone
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Words from the song by Green Day (see above).
Enlight>Mixer for the double exposures, Repix>Daubs for the blobs.
Thank you.Gorgeous....
I Walk Alone
View attachment 93140
Words from the song by Green Day (see above).
Enlight>Mixer for the double exposures, Repix>Daubs for the blobs.
I'm currently learning this same lesson.It reminds me that the best companion I'll ever have is myself.
I am very glad that your appreciation and the feelings that have caused you the image, fully coincide with my intended interpretation. With this exemplary anti-war song, as Jilly says, heartbreaking, I wanted to try to present an image which would represent the antithesis of cruelty, horror and futility of wars. Peace, tranquility, harmony... and always, the green of hope (in the future).This image is really relaxing to the eyes. I also love how the lines created by the leaves put me in a state of peace.
Lovely The lyricism of the image has turned the song into a poem!I Walk Alone
View attachment 93140
Words from the song by Green Day (see above).
Enlight>Mixer for the double exposures, Repix>Daubs for the blobs.
Gracias Jilly, y sí, es una canción muy fuerte. As I think it must be a song that wants to express and try to remember all humanity, the madness and the folly of wars, and how many human lives, and especially young, are lost, useless and cruelly. (A como creo que debe ser una canción que quiera expresar e intentar recordar a toda la humanidad, la locura y desatino de las guerras, y cuantas vidas humanas, y sobre todo jóvenes, se pierden, inútil y cruelmente.)I absolutely love this image. The text is like an extra leaf. Wonderful. And what a song - heartrending.
Thank you. Would you like to take a verse and depict it in an image? Or choose a song or poem of your own?Aww. I really like that song. It reminds me that the best companion I'll ever have is myself. The picture greatly depicts the song's meaning. Bravo!
I Walk Alone
View attachment 93140
Words from the song by Green Day (see above).
Enlight>Mixer for the double exposures, Repix>Daubs for the blobs.
Thank you. Would you like to take a verse and depict it in an image? Or choose a song or poem of your own?
I am very glad that your appreciation and the feelings that have caused you the image, fully coincide with my intended interpretation. With this exemplary anti-war song, as Jilly says, heartbreaking, I wanted to try to present an image which would represent the antithesis of cruelty, horror and futility of wars. Peace, tranquility, harmony... and always, the green of hope (in the future).
Yes, do. I'd love to see it.Yes, that would be lovely. It makes an image more meaningful and full of emotions. I would go for a song
Yes, do. I'd love to see it.
Wonderful.Actually, I'm starting on it. The image inspired me and thought of creating one as well.
I picked the song "Brave" by Sara Bareilles.
Actually, I'm starting on it. The image inspired me and thought of creating one as well.
I picked the song "Brave" by Sara Bareilles.
To Jen
(from one of her romantic friends )
What I know about the forgetfulness I learnt it from the moon
What I know about sins I had to look for it.
Like a thief under the skirt of a girl
whose name I don't want to remember."