"Charles Chilton - The Long, Long Trail (Songs of WW1)" Topic
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Huscarle | 07 Jan 2014 5:17 a.m. PST |
On BBC i-player Broadcast for the first time since its original transmission on the BBC Home Service in 1961, this is Charles Chilton's forgotten radio masterpiece telling the story of the First World War through the songs sung by soldiers. It was inspired by Chilton's personal quest to learn about his father, who was killed in 1918 aged 19 and whom he'd never met. Chilton went on to adapt the programme with Joan Littlewood into the 1963 landmark stage musical Oh What a Lovely War! link |
IagreewithSpartacus | 07 Jan 2014 7:08 a.m. PST |
Many thanks, Huscarle, this brings back memories. In the late 50s, as a child, I would sit by the coal fire with my grandfather, who'd served in the trenches. My mother and aunt would be in the kitchen, chatting with my grandmother; grandfather would start humming, then singing these songs. 'If you want the Old Battalion' was one of his favourites. He didn't pull his punches when it came to expletives, either. But the soldiers' interpretation of the war through song seems recently to have been debunked as myth. |
A Twiningham | 07 Jan 2014 10:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks for that. I found it fascinating. |
Bellbottom | 07 Jan 2014 12:59 p.m. PST |
The original 'Long Trail' was a book by John Brophy and linguist Eric Partridge, subtitled, 'What the British Soldier Sang and said in 1914-1918' It consisted of two parts, the first an anthology of popular soldiers songs, and the second part, a dictionary of soldiers slang (from all theatres, including the Middle East. A much loved and studied book, often borrowed from my local library in the '60's. Currently available from Amazon link |
Phil Gray | 07 Jan 2014 3:10 p.m. PST |
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