Vintage Audio - 1914
This page of the Vintage Audio section of the website contains archive recordings of songs, skits and speeches from the first year of the war, 1914.
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Each recording is titled along with its performer.
All files are in MP3 and Adobe Flash format.
Sound quality is, alas, sometimes poor, indicative of the state of the then art of sound recording.
Lyrics and the text of speeches accompany many files listed.
Song and Artist | Listen and Download |
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary John McCormack |
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Aba Daba Honeymoon Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan |
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The Battle that Wasn't Jolly Jesters |
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United Forces March United Forces March |
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Are We Downhearted? Arthur Boyton |
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Boys in Khaki, Boys in Blue F Wheeler |
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While They Were Dancing Around Henry Burr |
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Three Cheers For Little Belgium Violet Lorraine |
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Potsdam Penrose and Whitlock |
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary American Quartet & Billy Murray |
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The Homes They Leave Behind Maggie Teyte |
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We Didn't Want to Fight Stanley Kirkby |
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Your King and Country Wants You Helen Clark |
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary Albert Farrington |
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Your King and Country Wants You Edna Thornton |
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When Tommy Comes Marching Home Harry Marlow |
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Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser Whit Cunliffe |
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While They Were Dancing Around Henry Burr & Peerless Quartet |
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Tow the Row, Row Whit Cunliffe |
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Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts Jack Charman |
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The "linseed lancers" was the Anzac nickname assigned to members of the Australian Field Ambulance.
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