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Thread #67586   Message #3226011
Posted By: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
20-Sep-11 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Old Grenadier
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Old Grenadier
I was looking for the music for this a few years ago. I tried calling the Army Music School at Kneller Hall but they suggested I try the Grenadiers themselves. I finally spoke to a very helpful lady in their music library (yes, they have a music library) and asked about the Grenadier's slow march. 'You mean Scipio?' She asked me. I know 'Scipio' because my father-in-law did his National Service in the Grenadiers. 'No', I said, 'it's not that one.' 'So how does it go'? So I hummed it down the phone. 'Oh, you mean "Grenadier's Return".

So that's it. The names is 'Grenadier's Return' and if you don't believe me take it up with the Grenadiers. I think they're all in Afghanistan at the moment though so you might have to wait.

A few years earlier my wife was looking for a regimental cravat for her dad. She phoned up and ended up speaking to an impossibly posh officer who said he'd send her one. She asked how much. 'Oh, nonsense', he replied, 'chap needs a cravat, chap needs a cravat'.

Grenadiers. Can't beat 'em.