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Thread #34928 Message #4209564
Posted By: Lighter
10-Oct-24 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bless 'Em All
Subject: RE: Origins: Bless 'Em All
Of course I should have added that "no trace of Godfrey's song, or any presumed predecessor, is known to survive."
Wikipedia assumes nevertheless that "it is likely that the song existed earlier [than 1917] in various forms in all divisions of the British military."