Oh! It's a Lovely War - Volume 1

Volume One features 25 tracks and is divided into 3 sections, On the March includes troops' favourites such as Tipperary, Pack Up Your Troubles, Good Bye-ee and Oh! It's a Lovely War, together with several rousing medleys. At the Front combines 8 descriptive and comic sketches such as The Estaminet and Tommy's Fags, plus both sides of the historic 1915 recording by Sergeant Edward Dwyer VC. The third sequence, At Home, includes marches and sentimental songs such as Keep the Home Fires Burning, If You Were the Only Girl in the World and Roses of Picardy, as well as patriotic songs like Boys in Khaki-Boys in Blue and Now You've Got Yer Khaki On.

This CD is eminently suitable for educational, library or museum use, and, an absolute must for anyone with an interest Great War poets and the First World War generally. The CD booklet contains detailed biographical and recording notes, which further enhance this offering.

Full Track List

ON THE MARCH
IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY - John McCormack (1914)
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES - Murray Johnson (1916)
GOOD BYE-EE - Courtland and Jeffries (1918)
OH! IT'S A LOVELY WAR - Courtland and Jeffries (1918)
HERE WE ARE AGAIN!!! - F Wheeler (1914)
MEDLEY: WARTIME SONGS OF 1914 (PT 1)
- Includes: Fall In and Follow Me; Mop It Down; Rolling Home; Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty. Uncredited male ensemble (1920s)
MEDLEY: WARTIME SONGS OF 1914 (PT 2)
- Includes: Hold Your Hand Out; When We’ve Wound Up The Watch on the Rhine; Madamoiselle from Armentieres. Uncredited male ensemble (1920s)
MEDLEY: THE JOLLY OLD FELLOWS (PT 1) - The Jolly Old Fellows (1930)
KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING - John McCormack (1917)

AT THE FRONT
ON THE MARCH - Sgt E Dwyer VC (1915)
IN THE TRENCHES - Sgt E Dwyer VC (1915)
IN THE TRENCHES - Descriptive Sketch by Major AE Rees (1917)
MEMORIES OF FRANCE: THE ESTAMINET - ‘Some of the Boys’ (1920s)
MEMORIES OF FRANCE: THE ATTACK - ‘Some of the Boys’ (1920s)
TOMMY'S FAGS - Leo and Hesse (1915/16)
'ER BLOKE, VC - Leo and Hesse (1915/16)
GAS SHELLS BOMBARDMENT - British Troops Advancing on Lille (1918).

AT HOME
UNITED FORCES MARCH - Metropolitan Military Band (1914)
YOUR KING AND COUNTRY WANT YOU - Helen Clarke (1914/15)
IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD - Violet Lorraine and George Robey (1916)
BOYS IN KHAKI, BOYS IN BLUE - F Wheeler (1914)
NOW YOU'VE GOT THE KHAKI ON - Marie Lloyd (1916)
HAVE YOU NEWS OF MY BOY, JACK? - Louise Kirkby-Lunn (1917)
ROSES OF PICARDY - Ernest Pike (1917)
GRAND PEACE RECORD - Military band (1918)

Total Timing (approx.): 78 minutes

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