They told all the fine young men
I'm looking for the title of the song that starts out
They told all the fine young men, that when this war was over, there would be peace and the peace would last forever, in Flanders filed through long pine and Basheeba for king and country for honor and duty the young men fought and cursed and wept and died
I thinlk it's All the fine young men. See on :
http://kightp.livejournal.com/646774.html
and All The Fine Young Men
(by Eric Bogle and John Munro)
They told all the fine young men of when this war is over
There will be peace and the peace will last forever
In Flanders Field, at Lone Pine and Bersheeba
For king and country, for honour and duty
The young men fought and cursed and wept and died
They told all the fine young men of when this war is over
In your country's grateful heart we will cherish you forever
At Tobruk and Alamein, at Bhuna and Kokoda
Like their fathers before, in a world mad with war
The young men fought and cursed and wept and died
For many of those fine young men all the wars are over
They have found peace, it's the peace that lasts forever
When the call comes again they will not answer
They're just forgotten bones lying far from their homes
As forgotten as the cause for which they died
Ah young men, can you see now why they lied.
(As sung by Dolores Keane)(Though I prefer Rickie Lee Jones's version).
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Natacha
Thank you very much for the information. Hopefully I can find copies.
SJ