Breaks my heart that nobody commented. I went to Verdun in 2018, because my great-grandfather was there, survived, but died of gas-related complications in the early 1920ies. I went to Duoaumont ossuary and I sang this in the rain, softly, in the cemetery in front of that terrifying building that houses the bones of over 130000 people. The area is painful to visit, because you can feel the devastation to this day. Thank you for this reaction.
Thank you for watching, and I have visited areas such Verdun as well. It is a painful area to visit you can almost feel the pain from the landscape. So many people lost someone, and it's good that we don't forget those that gave so much for us. I always applaud the French/Belgians for the way that they maintain the areas so that we can still commemorate so many lost lives
@@QueenMaeve2024 absolutely right and the use of 'Mc' in Scotland is very common, used to indicate 'son of' originally. Somehow, the song always makes me think of Ireland
Breaks my heart that nobody commented. I went to Verdun in 2018, because my great-grandfather was there, survived, but died of gas-related complications in the early 1920ies. I went to Duoaumont ossuary and I sang this in the rain, softly, in the cemetery in front of that terrifying building that houses the bones of over 130000 people. The area is painful to visit, because you can feel the devastation to this day.
Thank you for this reaction.
Thank you for watching, and I have visited areas such Verdun as well. It is a painful area to visit you can almost feel the pain from the landscape. So many people lost someone, and it's good that we don't forget those that gave so much for us. I always applaud the French/Belgians for the way that they maintain the areas so that we can still commemorate so many lost lives
Willie McBride is not a particularly Irish name. It could be Scottish, Northern Irish or a number of other nationalities
@@QueenMaeve2024 absolutely right and the use of 'Mc' in Scotland is very common, used to indicate 'son of' originally. Somehow, the song always makes me think of Ireland