It was changed to "Did they sound the Death march".

Incidentally I don't think the change was politically motivated if that's what was implied in the earlier post. You'll have to ask The Furey's why they actually changed the words but for what its worth the line "Sound the Death March" comes from another song with various titles (The Locke Hospital/Streets of Laredo/St James' Infirmary). which follows the words Play the drum slowly and play the fife lowly.

I expect Eric Bogle borrowed from this style of song for the chorus of "No Man's Land" and the Furey's decided to put some of the words of the original song back in. Incidentally my favourite version of the song is the one by June Tabor who uses the original Eric Bogle words.

In any case it seems to me that no thread about sad songs would be complete without mentioning June Tabor, whos concert at Sidmouth two years ago made the Doom and Gloom song contest sound like the happy hour.