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Thread #7575   Message #409639
Posted By: The Walrus at work
02-Mar-01 - 01:01 PM
Thread Name: Anti-war songs from WWI
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T SEND ME
From memory:

DON'T SEND ME (To Boys of the Old Brigade)

Send out the Boys of the Girls' Brigade,
Send Out the Rank and the File,
Send out the Army and the Navy,
They'll face danger with a smile (I don't think)
Send out the Bold Territorials,
They’ll keep the Empire free,
Send out my Mother
My Sister or My Brother
But for God's sake don't send me.


I know this is too early, but "Thirteen Pence a Day" has survived, and it's too good an anti-recruiter not to have been kept alive somewhere.

As for songs which could result in arrest, it is said that singing "McCafferty" (in the wrong company) could result in a charge of "Conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.”

Good luck

Walrus

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