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Thread #169898   Message #4176031
Posted By: GUEST
03-Jul-23 - 10:25 AM
Thread Name: Any June Songs?
Subject: RE: Any June Songs?
JAMAICA FAREWELL Several recordings of Jamaica Farewell on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Jamaica+Farewell

22nd June Windrush Day commemorating the arrival of the ship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks in 1948.

HMT Empire Windrush from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Empire_Windrush
Mudcat DT Lyrics: Jamaica Farewell (Lord Burgess) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3141
Mudcat , Origins: Jamaica Farewell: History?     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=61495
Irving Burgi (Lord Burgess)from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Burgie



Pathe newsreel of Lord Kitchener, as he arrived aboard the Empire Windrush and singing LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME    ( at 0.38 into the video)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygBOb_XddwI
Many recordings of “London Is The Place For Me”on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=London+Is+The+Place+For+Me