Zingari Posted 20 February 2014 Posted 20 February 2014 The lyrics of "No Man's Land" always make me well up a bit . 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.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 20 February 2014 Posted 20 February 2014 The lyrics of "No Man's Land" always make me well up a bit . 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. Beautiful, but sadly, so true.
MikeyT Posted 18 March 2014 Posted 18 March 2014 "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here". Richard Dawkins.
ozleicester Posted 19 March 2014 Posted 19 March 2014 The one I hear the most. "Shut up and put your trousers on" Ultra?
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 19 March 2014 Posted 19 March 2014 John Le Mesurier (Sgt Wilson in Dads Army) self penned death notice in the Times simply stated he had "conked out"
Webbo Posted 23 March 2014 Posted 23 March 2014 Headline from The Sun; Over the shoulder bowler bowls over an over the shoulder boulder holder moulder Shane Warne woos bra queen Michelle Mone.
Mack Posted 23 March 2014 Posted 23 March 2014 "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free." Nikos Kazantzakis
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 23 March 2014 Posted 23 March 2014 "Where's your tool?" "What tool?" This ****in tool" Ray Winstone as Carlin in Scum
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 23 March 2014 Posted 23 March 2014 "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member" Groucho Marx
ozleicester Posted 24 March 2014 Posted 24 March 2014 persto et praesto (to stand firm and to stand first) Not sure who said it first, but one i like.
Zingari Posted 24 March 2014 Posted 24 March 2014 “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.†Mark Twain the conspiracy theorists biggest obstacle
Orkneyfox Posted 24 March 2014 Posted 24 March 2014 The lyrics of "No Man's Land" always make me well up a bit . 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.
Zingari Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 Good melodic version that Orkney but i prefer the "growing angrier" versions such as the Fureys . And i really don't know why the original Eric Bogle lyrics get changed by artists eg the first line to me really ought to be " How do you do Private William McBride?" not "young Willie McBride" It's seems a small point , but to me , it indicates the same dawning of realisation of the horrors by the singer as the listener feels as he gets closer to what has happened to the young man .
Mark_w Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 "It's better to burn out than to fade away" Kurt Cobain "It's better to burn out than to fade away" - Neil Young
yorkie1999 Posted 26 March 2014 Posted 26 March 2014 When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car. Bob Monkhouse
leicsmac Posted 28 March 2015 Posted 28 March 2015 "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - unknown, but attributed to Marcus Aurelius If the leader of a people got it right nearly two millennia ago, why do so many people not get it right after so long afterwards?
The God Emperor Posted 28 March 2015 Posted 28 March 2015 "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - unknown, but attributed to Marcus Aurelius If the leader of a people got it right nearly two millennia ago, why do so many people not get it right after so long afterwards? Because a schizophrenic, marxist carpenter was born.
Rincewind Posted 28 March 2015 Author Posted 28 March 2015 "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - unknown, but attributed to Marcus Aurelius If the leader of a people got it right nearly two millennia ago, why do so many people not get it right after so long afterwards? I have said something similar loads of times but never knew it was a quote from another. One reason to be an atheist because i do not want to choose the wrong one. Being a Secularist gives you an edge on the good god liking you.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 29 March 2015 Posted 29 March 2015 "I didn't talk to nobody yesterday; I was in the car taking a shit."
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 29 March 2015 Posted 29 March 2015 Lady Astor - "If I was married to you, I would put poison in your coffee" Reply - If I was married to you, I would drink it.
leicsmac Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 "Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you've never met, and to take price in accomplishments you had no part in." - Doug Stanhope
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