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Green Fields of France / No Man's Land

bridster007 · 2014-01-26 22:11:38

I often wonder why the Fureys chose to give the song a different name and also change so many lyrics when they covered Eric Bogle's masterpiece. Loads of songs get covered with different musical interpretations but don't change titles / lyrics. I heard Stockton's Wing version last night for the first time and it is based…

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26-01-2014 11:11pm

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bridster007

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I often wonder why the Fureys chose to give the song a different name and also change so many lyrics when they covered Eric Bogle's masterpiece.
Loads of songs get covered with different musical interpretations but don't change titles / lyrics.

I heard Stockton's Wing version last night for the first time and it is based on the original. This thought about the Fureys came to me then.

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#2 28-01-2014 12:32am
tarbolton

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Check out June Tabor's version

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