Barbara - John Lennon??? um umm ummm words fail me.

The songs in Oh what a lovely war (directed by Richard Attenborough) were all "folk" songs in the sense that they are of unknown authorship and transmitted orally. Songbob's friend criteria specifically excluded these, and asked for songs published at the time, ie ones written to be sold and/or performed professionally.

A quick glance through the DT will I think demonstrate that the well known published songs of the period, eg "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary", "The Rose of Tralee" etc whilst popular with the troops, would come under the heading of sentimental ballads, not anti war songs. By the way Dick, sneaky trick that making the keyword wwi (whisky whisky india) not ww1 (whisky whisky numeral one), had me worried for a moment.

Pete M