Oh! It's a Lovely War - Volume 2

Volume Two is a double CD containing 50 tracks and no less than two and a half hours of material! Disc one concentrates on songs popular with the troops, including Boys of the Old Brigade, Are We Downhearted?, Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty, Mademoiselle From Armentieres, Soldiers of the King, Abide With Me, Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy, There's a Long, Long Trail, Little Grey Home in the West, Just Before the Battle Mother and Tanks That Broke the Ranks. Disc two is more concerned with the Home Front, and includes tracks such as Goodbye Dolly Gray, Belgium Put the Khibosh On the Kaiser, Till the Boys Come Home, Special Constable Smith and Since Father Joined the Territorials, as well as many descriptive sketch records and comic songs. No tracks are repeated from Vol One, and the CD booklet contains detailed historical notes and recording information.

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

DISC ONE: 'With Our Boys at the Front'
The Boys of the Old Brigade - Uncredited (1914);
Are We Downhearted? - Arthur Boyton(1914);
Mademoiselle from Armentieres - Jack Charman(1915);
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty - Florrie Forde (1917);
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy - Kate Moore (1913);
Soldiers of the King - W Thorpe (1914);
The Old Contemptibles - Robert Carr (1915);
Bravo! Territorials - Harrisson Latimer (1915);
Our Whistling Tommies - Royal Court Orchestra (1915);
Tommy in the Trenches - sketch (1915);
There's a Long, Long Trail - John McCormack (1917);
Little Grey Home in the West - Peter Dawson (1912);
When You're a Long Way From Home - Kirby & Cove (1916);
The Rose of No-Man's Land - William Thomas (1916);
Just Before the Battle, Mother - Orpheus Quartette (1910);
The Big Push - sketch (1917);
British Troops in Action Pt 1 - sketch (1915);
British Troops in Action Pt 2 - sketch (1915);
We Didn’t Want to Fight - Stanley Kirkby (1914);
The Tanks that Broke the Ranks - Fanning & Fortune (1916);
When We've Wound Up the Watch - Stanley Kirkby (1915);
Colonel Bogey March - 1st Life Guards Band (1910);
6 Regimental Marches - Band of HM Guards (1914);
Abide With Me - Wilfred Shepherd (1913).

DISC TWO: 'Till the Boys Come Home'
Since Father Joined the Territorials - Billy Williams (1909);
We Must All Fall In - Robert Carr (1915);
Goodbye Dolly Gray - Harry McDonough (1901);
The Homes They Leave Behind - Maggie Teyte (1914);
Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser - Mark Sheridan (1915);
Three Cheers for Little Belgium - Violet Lorraine (1914);
Special Constable Smith (Pts 1 & 2) - sketch (1915);
Sister Suzie’s Sewing Shirts… - Jack Charman (1914);
I Saw Six Short Soldiers - Jay Laurier (1916);
Mary Told the Story to the Soldier - Ella Retford (1912);
They All Look Alike in Khaki - Ella Retford (1918);
Somewhere in France, Dear Mother - Stanley Kirkby (1915);
Laddie in Khaki - Robert Carr (1915);
Till the Boys Come Home - Stanley Kirkby (1915);
A Concientious Objector - Alfred Lester (1915);
War in the Air - Cossack Band (1915);
An Air Raid - sketch (1917);
The Kaiser in a Zeppelin - sketch (1915);
When Tommy Comes Marching Home - Harry Marlow (1914);
Marching Back to Blighty - Harry Cove (1916);
Blighty Leave - sketch (1917);
Our Heroic Family - Jay Laurier (1921);
Stony Broke in No-Man’s Land - Frank Miller (1921);
Rule Britannia - Regimental Band (1912);
God Save the King - Regimental Band (1912).

Total Timing (approx.): 150 minutes

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