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Eric Bogle: Why He Wrote 'No Man's Land'.
The 'Green Fields of France' was penned by the Scottish folk singer Eric Bogle after a visit to the war graves in the 1970's. The original title of the song was 'No Man's Land'. Eric explains the emotions he felt on his first visit.
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