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Where did Little Joe go?

My great-grandmother Kathleen never spoke much about her childhood, but she always wondered what happened to her little brother Joe.

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The True Story of Young Willie McBride

Have you ever wondered if a favorite song of yours had a basis in fact?

In the song “The Green Fields of France,” the narrator reflects upon the grave of Willie McBride, a young man who died as a soldier in World War I. In one verse, he asks Willie:

Or are you a..

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