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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