The High Kings - Green Fields of France

[@betsygray9505]

Love this song. Used to sing it with a group of friends when i was 19. It always made me cry. Agree it is the best anti-war song. My grandfather went off to the Great War as a 19 yr old. Apparently he rarely spoke of it except to say no son of his would ever go to war. It makes me cry now when i think of the teenagers being forced to fight in Ukraine.

[@nyyanks4ever61]

Yes a very sad song but sung so Beautifully. I too am a Veteran and am thankful to my brothers and sisters who served and died in service to our country. Just sad that politics takes over and reigns how we live.

[@MattsBrabus]

My grandfather was killed 80 years ago today on a pre invasion training exercise, 8 months before my dad was born. I went on to sign on, my dad was both torn and proud. This song just rips me apart.

[@EllieLands.00]

Everytime I hear this song I cannot stop the tears from falling. It hit an inner sadness, but I always feel better after. You guys are awesome!

[@KristynLorraine]

Saving this to share with my own four lads on Remembrance Day (we are all big fans of your music). We honour the fallen but deeply regret the futility of endless war.

[@yvettejones5323]

This is seriously the most beautiful anti-war song I have ever heard in my life. It's different than when Martin was with the group but still beautiful, haunting, emotional and melancholy. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous 💚

[@1allstarman]

Try " and The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" Also written by Eric Bogle .

[@DavidTxxxx]

Listen to "The Remembrance" by Jake Thackray. Known more for his (brilliant) comic songs, this one is a real gut-wrencher.

[@Remy632001]

@@1allstarman Was going to say the same thing. We do not have those songs in France, they were censured after the great war.

[@jimcunningham9766]

Yup

[@kimfrommn7162]

Beautifully Played!!! 🤗🤗🥰🙏🏼

[@philgoulding5219]

Beautifully done gentlemen! Love the song and your harmony. Keep up the great work and thank you. This was a real treat for the ears and the soul!

[@dianemcguffin6346]

That is so beautifully done! Thanks for sharing your talents.☘️💚

[@bonnievonhegenbart6478]

Lovely version of one of my favorite songs

[@madpadi]

As ever guys fantastic Hope to see you live in near future 🇮🇪 ☘️

[@MEH10291]

Just a beautiful song. I always listen to this song

[@romainetsalomegdv8016]

Très belle version! Toujours autant d'émotions, merci

[@lydiakies9053]

This song always makes me cry.

[@TheEyeOfOdin1]

Wow this is so good! Your previous version of this song on Memory Lane with Martin Furey has to be one of my most listened to songs of yours. Love it.

[@davidwall2919]

This song was Written by Eric Bogle a Scottish-Australian... he also wrote "The Band played waltzing matilda""

[@HouseLover4344]

that’s why it sounds a little different I found a yucky version by someone else and was like OMG who did the good one?

[@irenesbrizzai1147]

so sad, so true, really beautiful ❤️

[@kaysharogers32]

This song gets me every time 🥺🥺🥺

[@carriebowlen3785]

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!! I LOVE THE HIGH KINGS VERY MUCH!! I LOVE BEING IRISH!!

[@XLukeXDelaney]

Love Love LOVE this!! Makes my heart jump!

[@MrWoodchuckVT]

and again and again and again I see the young faces in Ukraine, boys! Ukrainian and Russian, they could be our sons! I don't know, the song always makes me wonder if we will ever get there

[@nancywales4569]

One of best renditions of this emotional song

[@NOlsen8]

Thank you, gents! Love from Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

[@hiopeenila8096]

No cover is as good as the original, BUT this is a very good one!

[@margaretjuskevics1798]

Original an Australian Eric Boglr

[@GZCon]

​@@margaretjuskevics1798he's Scottish mate

[@MattsBrabus]

I took the Queens shilling in 1986. Today I remember my grandfather killed 8 months before my late dad was born. A twisted life I’ve had, but this song sums it up.

[@zahrahbliss]

Always makes me cry.

[@andrewtessmer8791]

Banged it out nice, boys. Thanks!

[@annesimpson2542]

The song was written by the Scottish born Australian singer Eric Bogle and he called it No Man's Land. Here is his version kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmK5dWtqiLGKbqs

[@Switch72nd]

This has always been my favorite song you perform, love it. Though my favorite performance will always be from Memory Lane.

[@hamishmcarthur3273]

Listen to June Tabor's version; it is superb!

[@peterjongsma2779]

Billy's a Backpacker in Australia. Playing Guitar and Singing Rebel Songs. God Save The Queen. I'll meet Billy Outside. There Will Be Blood.

[@chougrudge]

Incroyable ! Merci

[@elena8127]

You have such a warm voice Finn 😍👍

[@c.w.1827]

...sooooo super 🎤🎙🎸

[@cherokeegreyfox]

So sad. My Uncle fought in WWII and was MIA twice, and injured once. God be with them all!

[@752brickie]

I lost a great uncle only a few weeks before the end of the war. He did not have to go into combat because of his hearing but he wanted to go and also paid the ultimate price. They brought him home to Pennsylvania in 1947 and had a military funeral . As far as I know all of my relatives survived the Revolutionary War, Lost some in the Civil War, World War Two and Vietnam. I remember the end of a poem from WW2 that read" When I die, to St Peter I will tell- One More Marine Reporting Sir-I've served my time in Hell". One of my most prized possessions is a picture my dear friend Fred Dean took of the First Flag on Mt Suribachi Iwo Jima . He was with the 11th Tractor Battalion 5th Marines. Not long before he died he told me about having run over our own troops that were dead and dying because they could not stop. I cannot imagine living with that for over 60 years ??? GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND !!!

[@michaelbarrett891]

Fantastic

[@MEH10291]

My favorite song now

[@samkangal8428]

A powerful Anti war song, very touching, nice performance.

[@JessCorey]

Not as much as an Anti-War song as one of regret and pain of those left behind...as someone with a deep Scot-Irish background it speaks to the frustration of those who STILL don't understand...and how ashamed they should be....

[@samkangal8428]

@@JessCorey People will never understand.It's like in the end of that song, it will happen again and again.WW 1 was only about Land and Money ,the main reason for most wars.In this case the british and the russians had the same motivation like the germans.

[@brucecollins4729]

@@JessCorey it,s a scottish song but very popular in ireland as are all eric bogles songs

[@Teresa7087]

Beautiful! That is all.

[@coolchick1977]

Great job lads!

[@michaelfrazer1807]

Thank You for sharing

[@timiwalk7047]

This is just special as when Martin Furey sang this with y'all. Nicely done lads!

[@TheJackson1]

Poignant.

[@samkangal8428]

If you imagine they really believed that war will end wars.

[@fawzigramajo]

That’s why they called it the war to end all wars

[@samkangal8428]

@@fawzigramajo Sad it didn'tvworked .

[@whattowatchrightnow]

I'm not crying. I'm not crying

[@752brickie]

Every time I hear this song I have tears in my eyes ! I am appx. 75% of Irish heritage . I love all the Irish music . Hopefully some day I can get to visit the Beautiful Emerald from the US. My Irish relatives fought for Our Revolution against the King !! You have such a wonderful rich history !! GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY IRISH MAN AND WOMAN !!!! LOVE YOU ALL FROM THE COLONIES !!! LONG LIVE IRELAND AND " FREEDOM"!!!!

[@brucecollins641]

@752brickie........this is actually a scottish sang written by eric bogle.all his sangs are popular in ireland. original title....no mans land.

[@752brickie]

@@brucecollins641 I did discover it after I wrote that comment. I saw a video of Eric singing it. When I saw some of the picture that accompanied the song I realized he was Scottish. What a tribute to those brave men . So sad that it appears all their blood was shed in vain after the way the governments of the countries are going. I had a lot of family in the American Revolution and now we are going down hill faster than dropping an anvil out of an airplane.

[@brucecollins641]

@@752brickie it's a grand sang. he wrote out of respect for all the sodjers of all nationalities not one individual..

[@752brickie]

@@brucecollins641 amen to that one. I worked with a man whose brother and dad were in the German Army in World War Two and you soon realize they were just the same as us but their leaders had grand ideas and they paid the price. He said “ Thom don’t you think those German Boys had homes and families too”? He said “ my brother could not get a job because he refused to join the Nazi Party but when the war came he had one”!

[@brucecollins641]

@@752brickie aye, a have known this sang since it came out in the 70s and in all that time has never ever mentioned the nationality of the sodger. mcbrides a scottish name(which he chose simply because it rhymed with graveside). respect to all.

[@MEH10291]

I'm proud to say that I can sing the song at full speed

[@roweng.4245]

My grandfather fought in WWI, and would never speak of it. My father was a fighter pilot in WWII, and would not speak of it either. I suppose I was lucky to be born female, or I'd have likely ended up being sent to Vietnam. (And again, and again, and again, again.)

[@margaretjuskevics1798]

Eric booked wrote this

[@kevinmcm19]

love this version i seen them do this live once but they did it to fast but this on is good

[@HouseLover4344]

I found an awful one that was too slow and goes on for 7 minutes

[@unclealice]

Who is the harmonica player???

[@anthonylangston23]

How am I here the day this is uploaded?

[@jensmakait8044]

A wonderful song, but why did the High Kings choose such a lively rhythm here?

[@Dee-JayW]

They added the fife and drums…absolutely the greatest version, after Eric Bogles, of course ❤❤

[@davidwall2919]

Very good song by a Scottish /Australian Eric Bogle

[@greenexittraditionalfolk]

and this song is so real in this time. Just look to Mynamar or some wars of the people ignoring covid 19 and use hate and violence to get what they want

[@MrYorickJenkins]

A real holocaust. I remember reading in Voyage au bout de la Nuit the scene in the trenches when the writer records that he found himself shooting at Germans. He asked himself what he had against Germans and then realised with a bit of a shock that he had never even met a single German in his life! That episode stayed in my mind as a reminder of the bloody absurdity of that insanity. This song brings it home too. Ireland was right to get out of it.

[@752brickie]

My good friend's Dad and Brother were in the German Army in WW2. It gives you a great insight into the stupidity of war. He said " do you think those German Boys wanted to die any more than the American's "? They had families and homes too. His brother could not get a job because he refused to join the Nazi party but when the war came he had one. He was one of the thousands of German Soldiers marched into Russia after the war and never heard of again ?

[@margaretjuskevics1798]

Always remember it was written by a great Australian Eric Bogle

[@betsygray9505]

Didnt know that Margaret...

[@findldon]

Scotsman

[@brucecollins4729]

@@betsygray9505 written by eric bogle, a scotsman who moved to australia aged 25

[@iavorbalabanov8567]

amazing song! completely stupid war, WW1. And Field Marshal Haig stupid strategy. the guy is responsible for so many unnecessary deaths

[@DavidThomas-me6pi]

The tempo they put this song that is absolutely awful. This is not a fucking pub song.

[@billpalmisano]

Agreed. They kind of ruined it.