eric bogle really did it best. if i were to pick the classics that always make me cry, would have to be
june tabor's version of "no man's land"
june tabor again doing "and the band played waltzing matilda"
paul brady's killer interpretation of "arthur macbride"
paul brady's version of "bonny woodhall"
-lovely, surpised no one's mentioned it.
maddy prior and tim hart's "dancing at whitsun"
john roberts and tony barrand "valley of the shadow"
-again, a brilliant song, wish i could offer up all the lyrics but i don't know 'em.
sandy denny, "banks of the nile"
dick gaughan, "handful of earth"
steeleye span's "the victory"...oh god, it's just really sad.
and who ever it is who sings christmas in the trenches...?
recently i've been taken with the idea of teaching large groups to sing "hanging on the old barbed wire" and taking to the streets.
a good comment about the "chicken hawks" running the show these days.