Billy Bragg - My Youngest Son Came Home Today (with Michael Stipe)

My Youngest Son Came Home Today (with Michael Stipe) is taken from Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty. Pre-order the album from the official store now: bbragg.lnk.to/theroaringforty
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Lyrics by R.E.M
My youngest son came home today
His friends marched with him all the way
The flutes and drums beat out the time
As in his box of polished pine
Like dead meat on a butcher's tray
My youngest son same home today
My youngest son was a fine young man
With a wife, a daughter and a son
A man he would have lived and died
Till by a bullet sanctified
Now he's a saint or so they say
They brought their saint home today
Above the narrow Belfast streets
An Irish sky looks down and weeps
On children's blood in gutters spilled
For dreams of freedom unfulfilled
As part of freedom's price to pay
My youngest son came home today
My youngest son came home today
His friends marched with him all the way
The flutes and drums beat out the time
As in his box of polished pine
Like dead meat on a butcher's tray
My youngest son came home today
And this time he's home to stay

[@wenchangeljac6343]

Beautiful 😍

[@JewishRockMusic]

I was told that my music was folk-punk. I didn't know that you were out there until Only Three Lads Podcast recommended you. Groovy!

[@GuillotinedChemistry]

There's power in this union. Thanks Billy & Michael.

[@beaklopstra674]

Eric Bogle is a genius. This rendition is beautiful. Well done.

[@MartinMaat]

Yes, Eric Bogle isn't mentioned anywhere in the captions. "Lyrics by R.E.M", what is that about?

[@pauldaviesantiques1556]

Two voices that never fail to tell a truth. Cheers, Bill.

[@stephenmccarron8476]

What a rendition. Amazing arrangement . That’s the Billy Bragg I love

[@nealhooker]

Wow a powerful song taken to another level

[@hugfrombo]

Wow - still impressed and crying secretly 😢 Great performance! When you’re coming to Germany again, bring Michael with you - no problem, I’be there! Following you since 1983! Greetings from Germany!

[@iwinnie1962]

Pure class

[@trevordoolan5011]

Mighty stuff Billy...✊ .

[@jamesfallon9265]

Lovely... Gonna play this at my daughters 7th birthday party tomorrow... She and her friends will love it .. Just before we cut the cake 😅

[@ruadhbeag]

At a 7 year olds birthday? "children's blood in gutter spilled"? It's beautiful but surely not...

[@jamesfallon9265]

@@ruadhbeag I'm joking... morbid ... i do like Billy Bragg though

[@DC2Ams]

This song should be dedicated to all the poor Ukrainian parents why are burying their dead sons. I was just there and the loss is tragic. God bless them and their fight for freedom.

[@bnrynlds]

Beautiful

[@garethjones6566]

Beautiful.

[@stephenireland3993]

Beautiful 🙏

[@jameswebster5398]

❤

[@outtolunch88]

I first saw Billy at the Canberra Workers Club in 1987 and have seen him almost every time he came to Aus since, I can't wait for this album. Last time I saw him I congratulated Joe Henry for being the only person who talked more between songs than Billy. I went to the merch website and to buy the album on Vinyl with the back catalog of CDs and it was GBP155 with GBP141 for DHL Express as the only delivery option, for a preorder. Royal Mail would be about 1/10th that cost. Yeah, nah - not doing that.

[@outtolunch88]

And I first saw Michael Stipe at the Horden in March 1989.

[@BillyBraggOfficial]

Sorry to see that, though we've been informed that you can purchase via Amazon.co.uk, and you can buy the box set and 3LP vinyl with shipping to Australia for a postage cost of around £22, which is much more like it.

[@tonyl3012]

Damn

[@PinkyHumbleDryer3]

Keep your hands off our Posie Parker

[@tb5535]

Very nice. I still prefer Billy's earlier recording!

[@spuds8896]

Checked this out on the recommendation of a friend. Wow this guy sucks!