On Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 11:34:15 AM UTC-4, Barrie McCombs wrote:
Eric Schweitzer (ERSHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU) wrote:
: In the song "No Man's Land" (Eric Bogle) (recorded by Peter, Paul and
: Mary on "Flowers and Stones"), the chorus has the lines
:
: Did the bugles sound the last post in chorus?
: Did the pipes play "the flowers o the forest"?
:
: Anyone know what the last post is?
: (I think I know "the flowers of the forest")
:
"The Last Post" is a military bugle call which is traditionally played at funerals and on Remembrance Day (Canada). I assume it is used on
Memorial Day (USA).
"The Flowers of the Forest" is a Scots tune which may also be traditional
in the funeral context. June Tabor sings it on an album, immediately
after "No Man's Land". That is the only time I have heard the tune played.
No, we broke with British tradition in the 19th century. We play Taps in America rather than The Last Post.
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