The Battle of Gallipoli was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. The battle started in April 1915 on on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. The campaign was thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating a new war front that the Ottomans and Germans could not cope with. After 9 months of fighting and massive losses the Allies decided to evacuate. Over 200,000 soldiers were killed on Allied side and the same number at Turkish side. This song is about an Irish young man who joined the English forces to fight in Gallipoli where he got killed. His mother died of sadness and found he should have fought the right war against the right country, which was at home…..

For the transcription of the whistle intro I used the recording from the album The Fureys & Davey Arthur – Alcoholidays.

Gallipoli – The Fureys, transcription of tin whistle intro

Gallipoli – The Fureys, lyric and chords

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