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First Line:
My name is Frances Tolliver, I come from Liverpool
Artist & Tune
Composed by:
Version by John McCutcheon
Performed by:
Version by Seamus Kennedy
Performed by:
Version by John McDermott
Performed by:
Version by Robbie O'Connell
Performed by:
Version by Trace Adkins
Performed by:
Version by Jim Watson
Performed by:
Version by Darryl Purpose
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Reference
Genre:
About the Song
Print source:
John McCutcheon Songbook, Sing Out 31:4
This song is based on an actual historic event of informal soldier to soldier fraternization across enemy lines during the first winter of World War I in France and Belgium.
You can read about the history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
McCandless met German soldiers generations after the fact who took part in the truce and said that no one believed them before hearing his song.