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Thread #56514   Message #884151
Posted By: GUEST,Allan S.
06-Feb-03 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: history of English army song
Subject: history of English army song
I DO NOT need the words to "I don't want to Join the army,I don't want to go to war,I'd rather hang around Picadilly underground living of the earnings of a high price lady" etc. etc.
What I need is the history of the song. WW-1 WW-2.?? Music Hall?
When did it become popular??? Who wrote it ? and all that good stuff.
I learned it in service about 1950 but I am sure it is much older...
Any ideas??