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Thread #31970   Message #2857315
Posted By: GUEST
05-Mar-10 - 11:52 PM
Thread Name: WWI Trench songs
Subject: RE: Trench Songs of World War I
Hello! Does anyone know the name of either of these songs??
The lyrics are as such and I don't not know country of origin unfortunately...

1. "Oh we have seen better days, better days." then something about "down by the wayside" (NOT much I know but the words aren't easy to understand on the recording I have. [see She May Have Seen Better Days]

2. "Down in the trench the private dreamed of sailing on the sea, riding the waves, the wind in his face. {A verse that is not understandable then...} But even though his love of the sea was never meant to be, as he sits in his trench you can hear the poor lad sing. Yo Ho Ho! A Sailors life for me, A foggy old trench with a stone for a bench?? is not my cup of tea. Yo Ho Ho Sailing wide and free, if only his ??belly?? agreed."

If anyone can help I know you folks can!

Cal