What a great thread - reminded me of loads of songs I thought I'd forgotten. One not mentioned so far (I think); one special to me - not necessarily cos it's the best - but for a "personal resonance".

Don't know whose it is though! Eric Bogle again?

SEVEN GOOD SOLDIERS

An autumn evening, golds and blues, and the air all around is still.
Seven bright stars, they lie beneath seven white crosses on a hill.

Seven young men went driving on, into the evening's hue;
Ever onwards followed the call, seven roses that never did bloom.

Trusting in others their wealth and power, here's to damnation they cheered
As a prayer in the leaf of their Bibles black, to a God unseen but well feared.

Please don't grieve for me, dear; our mission it soon will end
The squaddy's letter it lay by his side, as the bullets they blew out his brain.

Seven brothers that lay side by side, united by a bloody long war.
Seven good soldiers, seven dead men, none knew what the hell they died for.

An autumn evening, golds and blues, and the air all around is still.
Seven bright stars, they lie beneath seven white crosses on a hill.

All best - Gavin