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"Somewhere a Voice Is Calling" is a World War I song originally released in 1911. Arthur F. Tate composed the song and Eileen Newton wrote the lyrics. The song was published by T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. in New York City. [3] The song was recorded on October 29, 1913, by vocalist Henry Burr in Camden, New Jersey.
This song is well known for spawning numerous obscene parody versions which were performed in music halls during World War I and World War II, and are often still sung by serving soldiers today. [3] One of the most notable of these parodies was "I Don't Want to Join the Army", [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] a sanitized version of which also featured in Oh ...
While working there, he took to writing parody lyrics to some of the popular songs of the day. In the 1930s, he took a job with the music publishing firm headed by talent agent Irving Mills , at first writing only lyrics, but subsequently writing music as well.
Three-Five-Zero-Zero" is an anti-war song, from the 1967 musical Hair, consisting of a montage of words and phrases similar to those of the 1966 Allen Ginsberg poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra". In the song, the phrases are combined to create images of the violence of military combat and suffering of the Vietnam War .
The Little Red Songbook (1909), also known as I.W.W. Songs or Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World, subtitled (in some editions) Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent, is a compilation of tunes, hymns, and songs used by the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) to help build morale, promote solidarity, and lift the spirits of the working-class during the Labor Movement.
The song is about Waters' frustration with the leadership of the world since World War II, [5] mentioning many world leaders by name (Ronald Reagan, Alexander Haig, Menachem Begin, Margaret Thatcher, Ian Paisley, Leonid Brezhnev, Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon), suggesting that these "colonial wasters of life and limb" be segregated into a specially-founded retirement home.
"This Is War" is a song by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, featured on their third studio album This Is War. Written by lead vocalist Jared Leto , [ 1 ] the song was released as the second single from the album to American radio on March 8, 2010, [ 2 ] and the physical single was released on March 26, 2010.
Each code is composed of three parts: [1] prefix element (1 character) work identifier (9 digits) check digit (1 digit); Currently, the only prefix defined is "T", indicating Musical works.