Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Barb'ry Date: 25 Jan 12 - 02:07 PM 'with a dum dum bullet in the penny in the slot' apparently! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Barb'ry Date: 25 Jan 12 - 01:33 PM any ideas? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Mark Dowding Date: 24 Jan 12 - 11:35 AM Very kind of you to say that Barbara. Other people are the Fount - I just look things up that they've done the donkey work on. No luck with this one yet though! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Barb'ry Date: 24 Jan 12 - 08:01 AM Something to do with a gun beginning with /a/ not ack ack, and the rows of soldiers lining up firing... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Charley Noble Date: 24 Jan 12 - 07:31 AM Interesting. Be patient. Someone will dig this one up. Any other clues? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: Lyr Req: ? wartime music hall song From: Barb'ry Date: 24 Jan 12 - 05:32 AM I was talking to a chap yesterday who said they had been looking for the words of a song his grandfather used to sing to him. It was about soldiers he thinks doing target practice and the 'punch line' was about a soldier being shot in the 'penny slot'. His grandfather must have been born around the end of the first world war, so I imagine it must have dated from then. Does anyone have any ideas? I've asked Mark Dowding, who is a fount of music hall knowledge, but he is stumped. Thank you b |
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