Thursday, November 10, 2011

Lighthearted Songs Helped The Effort During The Great War



Listen to a variety of songs from 1918, and you might think that World War I was no big deal.  Songs like K-K-K-Katy, How Ya Gonna Keep Them Down On The Farm, and others helped keep up spirits at home, encouraged men to enlist, and were fun to sing back when people sang to entertain themselves.  This old record is one of my favorites in spite of the poor condition.  I still haven't deciphered many of the words, but the lightheartedness comes through, and I hope that Young Johny Jones found true love.

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