From: Ronald Gillen (gillen@NCONNECT.NET)
Date: Fri Apr 09 1999 - 04:48:28 PDT
Tim Merry wrote: > > ============= snip ========================================== > "Underneath the lamp-light, by the barrack gate..." > (title was LILI MARLENE, originally a German song - > 'Unter der Laterne, etc' - which the British 8th Army > in North Africa seem to have adopted. I think that's > the story.) ================= snip ======================================== Tim, If my memory serves me correctly LILI MARLENE was a WWI song that carried on into WWII as it was popular with soldiers from both sides sung in both english and german. Regards ..... Ron Gillen