Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...

Subject: RC, C of E, ...
From: GUEST,Tracey
Date: 09 May 00 - 06:06 AM

I winder if anyone out there remembers an old British Army song from WWII that has this in the chorus : "There were RC's, C of E's, ??? and Infantry, ???, bombardiers and the Lancashire Fusiliers" I can't remember any more of it than that, but I'm sure it was funny, if not somewhat bawdy as well. Did anyone else's Grandad sing this one to them?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 09 May 00 - 07:13 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: GUEST
Date: 10 May 00 - 02:46 AM

I beg your pardon? I don't understand that...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 May 00 - 03:18 AM

Hi, Guest - Rick didn't have anything to add, but he refreshed the thread and brought it to the top of the Forum Menu by posting a new message to it. That made me notice it. I checked the one songbook I thought might have it, but had no luck. Maybe somebody else will know it.
If there's no answer in a day or two, find the thread using our "filter" and post a new message to refresh it. Messages disappear from the menu if nobody posts a new message in 24 hours, but you can always find it by putting C of E in the filter box and setting "age" to an appropriate time, like three years.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 10 May 00 - 07:23 PM

G'day Tracey,

I will have to let that one percolate among the backwaters of the grey cells for a little while. I can hear the tune that likely belongs to those words, but I can't remember the words of the song attached (not the same, but an obvious relative/ancestor/descendant).

If it surfaces before you get other assistance, I will be back. (Actually ... I think it sounds like the rhythm pattern of an "Irish" comedy song about "Old Dunn, Young Dunn, Middle Dunn and Under Dunn" or similar.)

Regards,

Bob Bolton

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: GUEST,TAnnison
Date: 16 May 00 - 04:01 AM

I think the tune was "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" but I'm not certain about that. And I'm sure it was bawdy enough that I shouldn't have been singing it at 8 years old!