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Thread #51195   Message #781983
Posted By: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
12-Sep-02 - 09:35 AM
Thread Name: Help - music/dance hall music (World War I)
Subject: RE: Help - music/dance hall music (World War I)
obviously, and from reading I have done (Robert Graves, Siegfired Sassoon, et. al.) they were singing Christmas & New Years songs, Stille Nacht/SIlent Night, O Tannenbaum songs they could share in German and English, Auld Lang Syne, etc. The Music Hall songs listed above seem a bit too 'old' more common would have been Long Way to Tipperary, Mademoiselle from Armentières, etc. though they may be a bit later thatn 1914. THe Idea of adding the Belleau Wood song seems entirely out of keeping with the evening, unless it was added as a codao, or somehow introduced the events, I would stick to the songs that were actually sung, and there are many diaries, memoirs etc. that discuss the event and give titles. A little more research, I'll see what I can dig up.