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Lighter	Soldiers songs calling officers (64* d)	RE: Soldiers songs calling officers	06 Oct 16
Yet according to Godfrey in the Daily Mirror (Apr. 2, 1941), he wrote the original song while still in the RNAS at Dunkirk before the existence of the RAF. See www.fredgodfreysongs.ca/Songs/Bless_em_all.htm So the original refrain must have had different ranks - or different words entirely. Pity we'll never know. See also Thread #34928, Message 1537459. As I noted in 2005, "A chunk of the distinctive 'Bless 'em All' tune goes back to the 1880s." A chunk, but not all of it.

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