Re: WWII songs

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


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