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Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers: Billy Murray

This song is from 1915. You never know what you’ll hear by stopping by to Coffee.

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6 Comments on “Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers: Billy Murray”

  2. Hedley's avatar Hedley Says:

    January 22, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    At which point Pte AJ Williams was either in or on his way to France where he would fight until the spring of 1916 when he was seriously injured on Vimy Ridge.

    In retrospect his injury was fortuitous, as the 1/19 London Regiment (St Pancras) became part of the 141st brigade in the 47th Division asked to take High Wood on the Somme. They prevailed at a cost of 4,544 casualties.

    He never talked about what happened up on Vimy Ridge. He was the perfect Grandpa.

  3. Jim's avatar Jim Says:

    January 23, 2011 at 10:08 am

    I enjoyed this very much, Kat! It has a remarkable hypnotic quality, somehow. My grandfather fought on the Somme; and he gained great popularity with his comrades, for the entertainments he devised during lulls in the fighting. Maybe he knew this song–who knows. He survived the war; but, sadly, his health had been broken by a gas attack; and he died in his early 30s.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      January 23, 2011 at 10:29 am

      Jim,
      This song had a bit of the British music halls which were popular for so long. I think there is only of them left.

      I have this by Al Jolson as well but it was far too scratchy so the song was popular on both sides of the ocean so your grandfather might well have known it.

      Thanks for the comment!


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