Re: i need sons,if not,just the titles of songs writtin during ww2

From: Tom Holloway (tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 07 1999 - 03:44:10 PDT


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On 07 April 1999 02:37, shelshel30@aol.com [SMTP:shelshel30@aol.com] wrote:

> My name is Shelby...I have a major history project due,it is a time line
of WW2...we have just finished studying WW2...i thought you might be able
to help me find any stories or 1st hand accounts of life during WW2,songs
written durning WW2

Stories is easy. Point your browser to http://visitweb.com/memories and you
will find plenty.

Songs....  well, I can remember quite a few, but don't feel like sitting
here for hours typing them out.  If you go to the askjeeves.com search
engine and ask for "wartime songs" you'll get lots of titles, but no words.
 So here are two for you off the top of my head -- anyone over sixty will
know the tunes:--

This is the Army Mr Jones
No private rooms or telephones
You had your breakfast in bed before
But you won't get it there any more.

Do as the bugler commands
He's in the Army and not in a band

This is the Army Mr Brown
You and your baby went to town
She had you worried, but this is war
And she won't worry you any more.

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Kiss me goodnight Sergeant-Major
Tuck me in my little wooden bed

We all love you Sergeant-Major
Even when your neck grows rather red

Don't forget to wake me in the morning
And bring me up a nice hot cup of tea

Kiss me goodnight Sergeant-Major
Sergeant-Major be a mother to me

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Tom Holloway
tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk
Tel: (+44) (0) 1926-771772
Fax: (+44) (0) 1926-771707


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