1st paperback edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0749923547. EAN: 9780749923549.

Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.

Physical description: xxx, 130 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Contents: Part I: 1914 - Patriotic songs: 1. Goodbye Dolly Gray; 2. Come on and join; 3. Save you kisses till the boys come home; 4. We don't want to lose you; 5. I'll make a man of you; 6. Goodbye Jenny; 7. When Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; 8. Here we are! Here we are again; 9. Keep the home fires burning. Part II: Home front and music hall songs: 10. Who were you with last night? 11. Hitchy koo; 12. Keep your head down, allyman; 13. Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend; 14. Charlotte the harlot; 15. It's a long wasy to Tipperary; 16. Pack up your trouble in your old kit bag; 17. Another little drink wouldn't do us any harm; 18. My old Iron Cross; 19. Send him a cheerful letter; 20. Take me back to dear old blighty; 21. If you're going back to Blighty; 22. Roses of Picardy; 23. Lloyd George's beer; 24. But for gawd's sake don't send me; 25. Good-bye-ee; 26. Oh! It's a lovely war. Part III - Soliders' songs from the trenches: 27. Where are our uniforms; 28. There is a sausage gun; 29. Here they come; 30. I've lost my rifle and my bayonet; 31. The long, long trail; 32. My tunic is out at the elbows; 33. Song of the reluctant transport driver; 34. Bombed last night; 35. Old soldiers never die; 36. My little wet hole in the trench; 37. Fred Karno's Army; 38. Ode to Corporal; 39. We've got a sergeant-major; 40. The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling; 41. We're all waiting for a shell; 42. Fray Marie; 43. I don't want to be a soldier; 44. Raining and grousing; 45. Hanging on the old barbed wire; 46. Wash me in the water; 47. Far, far from Ypres I want to be; 48. Hush! Here comes a whizz-bang; 49. I want to go home; 50. If you were the only boche in the trench; 51. If the Seargent steals your rum; 52. I wore a tunic; 53. Mademoiselle from Armenteers; 54. Farmer have you any good wine?; 55. Neuve chapelle; 56. The old French trench; 57. They were only playing leap-frog; 58. The ASC to the war have gone; 59. Plum and apple; 60. Tickler's jam; 61. When very lights are shining; 62. Here's to the good old beer; 63. Apr�s la guerre fini; 64. Do your balls hang low?; 64. That shit shute; 65. We are but little Seaforths weak; 66. Gillymong; 67. They didn't believe me; 68. High Wood to Waterlot Farm; 69. The watch on the Rhine; 70. When this bloody war is over. Part IV - Gallipoli and the Anzacs: 71. Oh, old Gallipoli's a wonderful place; 72. Suvla Bay; 73. Mademoiselle from Armenteers; 74. Come into the light; 75. Take me back to dear old Aussie; 76. Who killed Bill Kaiser? 77. The digger's song. Part V - Songs of the Royal Flying Corps: 78. We haven't got a hope in the morning; 79. Now I'm a general at the Ministry; 80. Dirty Danny's digging deeper dug-outs. Part VI - Canadian and American songs: 81. When your boy comes back to you; 82. Roaming the trenches; 83. Take me bvack to dear old Canada; 84. Over there; 85. How'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm?; 86. The last long mile; 87. Joe Soap's Army; 88. The rose of no-man's land. Part VII - Epilogue: 89. Stony-broke in no-man's land. Subjects: World War (1914-1918); Songs and music; Popular music Great Britain; War songs; Traditional songs; Folk songs; Patriotic music; Marching songs; Military music.



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BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0749923547 EAN: 9780749923549 Arthur, Max When this bloody war is over : soldiers' songs from the First World War