I have
picked a small selection that would have been current for The
Albrows at the beginning of the 20th century and into the First
World War
John
McCormack - 1917
Keep
the Home Fires Burning
Stanley Kirkby - 1916
Keep the Home Fires Burning |
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Keep
The Home Fires Burning
Hugely
popular wartime song written in 1914, Music by Ivor Novello
and words by Lena Ford. The song is also popularly known
as Till The Boys Came Home.
The obvious sentimentality of the song
lent it increased popularity for families at home than to
soldiers serving on the various wartime fronts.
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Murray
Johnson - 1916
Pack Up Your Troubles |
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Pack
Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile
Written
by George Asaf (words) Asaf was a pseudonym for George Powell
and Felix Powell (music)
The
song achieved instant success when published by Chappell
& Co. in London in 1915.
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John
McCormack - 1914
It's
a Long Way to Tipperary |
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It's
a Long Way to Tipperary
One
of the most popular songs with soldiers on the way to the
Western Front during the early enthusiasm of summer 1914.
The
song was written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams some two
years earlier in 1912.
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Arthur
Fields and The Peerless Quartet - 1918
Good Morning Mr Zip Zip Zip
|
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Good
Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip
This
song was more in tune with the US war effort and more popular
in America.
With
words and music by U.S. army song leader Robert Lloyd, Good
Morning, Mr Zip-Zip-Zip was a popular if quirky wartime
song published in New York in 1918.
Victor
recording |
Billy
Murray - 1918
K-K-K
Katy |
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K-K-K-Katy
Written
by Geoffrey O'Hara and published in 1918.
Hugely popular it was regarded as something
of a 'goodbye' song. The 'Katy' in the song was Katherine
Richardson of Kingston, and was composed at Richardson's
house in 1917 by O'Hara (although curiously Katherine did
not actually possess a stutter).
The song was first played at a garden
party fund-raiser for the Red Cross in Collins Bay on Lake
Ontario. O'Hara himself was from Chatham in Ontario and
taught music at Ontario University. He died at age of 84,
on 27 January 1967.
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Shannon
Quartet - 1918
Hail
Hail The Gangs All Here
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Hail!
Hail! The Gang's All Here
Originally
written by Sir Arthur Sullivan, (1842-1900) This version
was by Theodore Morse, recorded in 1918 on cylinder
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Ada
Jones and Billy Murray
with The American Quartet - 1911
Come
Josephine, In My Flying Machine
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Come
Josephine, In My Flying Machine
Written
by Fred Fisher (1875-1942)Recorded by The Edison Phonograph
Co in 1911 |
Most
of the following links are small pieces that I found. They will
open short sound bites of the original recordings:
Longtime
- Shannon Four
Rule
Brittania - Princes Military Band
The
Girl Who Wears a Red Cross on Her Sleeve - William Barnes
Oh!
You Bundle of Joy - Peerless Quartet
The
Boys Who Won't Come Home - Henry Burr
