tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247858193952376831.post1094961014342730320..comments2024-02-26T08:07:00.391+00:00Comments on harika: gallipoliszazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07456170555733148455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247858193952376831.post-62929074056822090282013-11-24T20:02:18.155+00:002013-11-24T20:02:18.155+00:00I just heard Eric Bogle's version, and it is i...I just heard Eric Bogle's version, and it is indeed lovely— thank you for sharing, Caroline!szazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07456170555733148455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247858193952376831.post-27068220411622184062013-11-23T00:34:28.284+00:002013-11-23T00:34:28.284+00:00Eric Bogle, an expat Scot now resident in Australi...Eric Bogle, an expat Scot now resident in Australia, wrote the lyrics to this song. Its played regularly each Anzac Day, not to diminish the Anzacs, but to mourn the waste of that young generation in what was a futile exercise and responsible for too many deaths. His version is also far superior, IMNSHO, than the Pogues. Its one of several moving anti-war songs that Eric Bogle has penned and sung that includes "No Mans Land".spinningdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211231649784777346noreply@blogger.com