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Sing As We Go |
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Sing As We Go |
| In 1939 music and dancing was very
popular. On Saturday night you went dancing ... usually at the Church Hall, dancing to
records or a small three piece band. Listen to some of
the tunes which kept my 'spirits high' during the war. Wait for one or two to
start ... (they start eventually). Click
here if you would like to print out a quiz sheet about the lyrics.
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'Big Bands' were very popular.
Perhaps the most famous war time Big Band came from America and was led by the great Glenn Miller. Here are two of his biggest 'hits' ....
The romantic Moonlight Serenade
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People managed to
keep smiling and laughing. Groups such as the Crazy Gang
were always ready to lift the wartime gloom. Run Rabbit Run |
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Bud Flanagan also
wrote Who Do You Think You are Kidding Mr Hitler He didn't write it until well after the war
was over, but if he had written it in the 1940's I'm sure it would have been VERY popular. |
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Song lyrics were full of
ideas like returning home meeting again saying goodbye saying goodnight No one was better at bringing a tear to the eye or a lump to the throat than Vera Lynn .... We'll Meet Again The White Cliffs of Dover
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Al Bowlly was a CROONER. That's a man with a smooth silky voice. A voice like that
was needed for a song like ....
'Sweethearts ', many miles apart always felt
most lonely just at the end of the day. |
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It wasn't fun
being in the forces. There was a danger that the bullet would be just for you.
Nevertheless soldiers still had the spirit for a bit of fun! George
Formby made this song famous. |
