From: Christer Gustafson (chrisgus@HOTMAIL.COM)
Date: Sun Apr 11 1999 - 07:45:52 PDT
Hello, Marlene did tour trough wartime Europe and sang her "Lili Marlene", but the song "where have all the flowers gone.." I think was written and sung AFTER the war... "Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing where have all the flowers gone, long time ago where have all the flowers gone ? Young girls picked them everyone, when will you ever learn, when will you ever learn ?" Regards Christer G, Sweden >From: Peter Sinclair <Peter@LIMEDENE.DEMON.CO.UK> >Reply-To: "Project Memories of the 1940's,for Children in Project Chatback" <MEMORIES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> >To: MEMORIES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU >Subject: Re: WWII songs - Lili Marlene >Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:07:50 GMT > >I am 99pct certain that <Lili Marlene> was first sung by the 8th Army >in Tripoli after defeating the Germans. Amongst the "booty" of the 8th >army tank regiments was the original German version of <Lili Marlene> >which was the precursor of "our" version. > >Another famous WWII song was <Where have all the flowers gone........? >made very popular by Marlene Dietrich, a very famous German actress >and singer who emigrated to the USA immediately before the war because >she could not stomach Hitler. Unfortunately I cannot recall the full >text. It had a beautiful and haunting melody. > >Regards=Peter S. > > >] >. > > >On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:53:29 +1000, you wrote: > >>Ron, >> >>Thanks for your message of 9 Apr 1999: >>>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. >> >>I never realised that it went back as far as WWI! We live and learn. >>Your having used the words, "...carried on into WWII..." jogged my >>memory. The 'Carrier' I inherited in Normandy had the name LILI MARLENE >>painted across the near side (left side). Carriers (which were miniature >>3-man open-top 'tanks' you could say) were, in our mob, mainly occupied >>by veterans from the Desert war of 1941-42, which is why I used the term >>'inherited' - the original occupants having been wounded or having moved >>on to a 'far, far better place', I imagine. >> >>Tim ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com