The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34928   Message #4180336
Posted By: Lighter
30-Aug-23 - 05:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bless 'Em All
Subject: RE: Origins: Bless 'Em All
Presumably Jimmy Hughes and/or Frank Lake had heard a descendant of Godfrey's song and either tinkered with or completely revised it.

It would be interesting to know where they got it, what it was really like, and how well known it was before the end of 1940.