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The artefacts are then placed in 'The Sea Cabinet', and every one sings with the memory of a secret sea-set story – the victory of a Fishguard [nb 1] cobbler's wife, a jaded seaside hotel, a sunken chapel, the shifting sands of wartime Alderney, the dangerous allure of the King's Shilling, [nb 2] the loves and the losses and the stars and the ...
A shilling of George III, king at the turn of the 19th century.. The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, [1] is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil ...
An English print book, which added around a dozen pages to the web version and edited some of its text, [4] was published by First Second Books in 2013. [2] First Second Books has published the subsequent books as well. [1] The second book in the series, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, was partially published online before the release of ...
"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues. [2] [3] "Mrs. McGrath" – popular among the Irish Volunteers, 1916 [1] "The Saxon Shilling" – written by K. T. Buggy ...
The Shillings are the most thoroughly represented musical act on Allentown Anglophile with seven of the group's vocally-harmonized pop songs, such as their regional hit, "Lying and Trying". Another musical highlight includes the Kings Ransom 's offering, "Without You", a psychedelia -driven song influenced by Philadelphia group Mandrake Memorial .
Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British epic comedy historical musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre ...
An instrumental version of the song was used during the 1980s as the introduction music of the San Diego Sockers (1978-1996). The German version was used in the series The Blacklist Season 2 Episode 14 T Earl King VI. [36] [37] The song was used as part of supposed communication with aliens in Season 1 of Invasion, an original series by Apple.
Kungssången [1] (The King's Song) is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång ( English: Once from the depths of Swedish hearts ). Although sung on such occasions as the King's birthday , the annual opening of the Riksdag and the Nobel Prize ceremony, the song is not considered the ...