hi there all, a lively conversation goin in here. The song was written after a visit the the wee boys grave. Richard laird had the concept 4 the song and later worked with sam and myself 2 write the song. Sam was nw partner and sadly died in march 2007. The song really is about all the young boys who died in that terrible war. Mary dillon recorded it on our album 'boys of the island'. Niamh, flossie and more recently jerry lynch have all recorded the song. on the 11th of november past ,the royarl navy belgian orchestra performed john condon with a soprano ct a remembrance concert in ieper. tracey