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{{Short description|Scottish folk musician}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{infobox musical artist | name = Eric Bogle | birth_name = | image = FIL 2016 - Eric Bogle 3149.jpg | caption = Bogle during the ''[[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]]'' in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|9|23}} | birth_place = [[Peebles]], Scotland | alias = | origin = | instrument = | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = | Influences = | label = | associated_acts = [[John Campbell Munro]] }} '''Eric Bogle''' (born 23 September 1944) is an Australian [[folk music|folk]] singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of topics and have been performed by many artists. Two of his best known songs are "[[No Man's Land (Eric Bogle song)|No Man's Land]]" (or "The Green Fields of France") and "[[And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda]]", with the latter named one of the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs]] in 2001 as part of the celebrations for the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]]'s 75th anniversary.
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