the historical novel The Flowers of the Forest by Elizabeth Byrd, which culminates in the Battle of Flodden. It is the official lament of the Canadian Armed Forces, played to honour dead members of the service. The English folk-rock band Fairport Convention covered the song on their 1970 album Full House. The tune was played by a lone piper at the funeral of singer songwriter Sandy Denny. Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar recorded a version of the song. Scots/Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle refers to "Flowers of the Forest" in his song "No Man's Land", in which he muses over the grave of a World War I soldier, and wonders whether "Flowers of the Forest" and "Last Post" were played at the soldier's burial. English folk singer June Tabor recorded Bogle's song followed by an instrumental version of "Flowers of the Forest" on the album Ashes and Diamonds (1977). An excerpt from J. Elliot's lyrics to this song was used in John McGrath's play Border Warfare (1989). Australian singer-songwriter Graham Dodsworth recorded a version of the song with Irish/Australian singer Claire Peters on his 1998 folk music album In Good King Arthur's Day. Michael Nyman speeded up the song and re-edited it as part of the score of The Piano. English musician Mike Oldfield covered the song on his 1996 album, Voyager. The track 'Flowers of the Town' by the English folk band The Unthanks is based on this song but it laments the loss of young men in the First World War. The lyrics of this version are almost identical to the first of "Two Songs" by Cecil Day-Lewis. In 2007, Scottish singer Isla St Clair was invited to sing Flowers of the Forest at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Flanders, Belgium to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, in the First World War. The ceremony was attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Paola, as well as other European Heads of State and Commonwealth Representatives. She also recorded the lament in 1998, for the album When the Pipers Play and again in 2011, for the Scots Guards album From Helmand To Horse Guards. It has been standard practice in the British and Canadian military to use this tune to mark the death of a soldier serving in Afghanistan during the official memorial service. The Australian War Memorial uses the song during its Last Post ceremony. The piece was