Eric Bogle
Eric Bogle
Eric Bogle AMis a folk singer-songwriter from Scotland. Scottish-born and raised, he emigrated to Australia at aged 25 in 1969, and currently lives near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of topics, many of them have been covered by other artists. Two of his best known songs are "No Man's Land"and "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", with the latter being named one of the APRA Top 30 Australian songs in 2001, as part of the celebrations...
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth23 September 1944
blind countless crosses fellow generation graveyard land man mute stand white witness
But in here in this graveyard that is still no man's land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man's blind indifference to his fellow man To a whole generation that was butchered and damned
based bless celtic emotional god highly people pure songs
The Celtic people are a highly emotional bunch, as we all know, God bless them. And my songs are based on pure emotion, most of them.
courage denigrate song stuff
I wanted to write an antiwar song but didn't want to denigrate the courage of the soldier, ... There was too much of that 'baby killer' stuff going on.