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Pages in category "British patriotic songs" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
"There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" is a popular World War II song composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton. Made famous in the United Kingdom by Vera Lynn's 1942 version, it was one of Lynn's best-known recordings and among the most popular World War II tunes.
After war broke out on 1 September, the song became popular and many records of it were made. Within the first two months of the war, 200,000 copies of the sheet music were sold. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song was used to express British patriotic defiance in the finale of Two Thousand Women , a successful 1944 film starring Phyllis Calvert and Patricia ...
The American and British government could count on popular music reflecting the same war aims that the government wanted due to sharing the views of the people. Americans wanted a quick final victory over the Axis without compromise and the songs about a world after the war at peace with the boys coming home not only met the personal desires of ...
"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, resonating with servicemen going off to fight as well as their families and loved ones. [1]
"Bless 'Em All", also known as "The Long and the Short and the Tall" and "Fuck 'Em All", is a war song. The words have been credited to Fred Godfrey in 1917 set to music composed by Robert Kewley, however, early versions of the song may have existed amongst British military personnel in the 1880s in India.
The "Colonel Bogey March" is a British march that was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth.
Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914–1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2007. ISBN 0-7864-2798-1 OCLC 71790113; Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10278-0.