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

09 May 00 - 06:06 AM (#225105)
Subject: RC, C of E, ...
From: GUEST,Tracey

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?


09 May 00 - 07:13 PM (#225515)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Rick Fielding

refresh


10 May 00 - 02:46 AM (#225667)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: GUEST

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


10 May 00 - 03:18 AM (#225677)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Joe Offer

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-


10 May 00 - 07:23 PM (#226100)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: Bob Bolton

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


16 May 00 - 04:01 AM (#228604)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rc, C of E, ...
From: GUEST,TAnnison

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!