Vintage
Audio - 1914
Updated - Saturday, 1 November, 2003
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.
Each recording is titled along with its performer. All files are either in MP3 or WAV format; the file size is indicated in kilobytes. 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.
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It's a
Long Way to Tipperary (Lyrics
& Listen) John McCormack (MP3 495kb) |
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Aba Daba Honeymoon (Lyrics
& Listen) Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan (MP3 2,768kb) |
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The Battle
that Wasn't
(Listen) Jolly Jesters (MP3 511kb) |
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United
Forces March (Listen) Metropolitan Military Band (MP3 519kb) |
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Are We
Downhearted? (Listen) Arthur Boyton (MP3 610kb) |
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Boys in
Khaki, Boys in Blue (Listen) F Wheeler (MP3 584kb) |
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While They Were
Dancing Around (Background
& Listen) Henry Burr (MP3 993kb) |
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Three
Cheers For Little Belgium (Listen) Violet Lorraine (MP3 732kb) |
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Potsdam (Listen) Penrose and Whitlock (MP3 531kb) |
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It's a
Long Way to Tipperary (Lyrics
& Listen) American Quartet & Billy Murray (MP3 1,108kb) |
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The Homes
They Leave Behind (Listen) Maggie Teyte (MP3 648kb) |
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We Didn't
Want to Fight (Listen) Stanley Kirkby (MP3 712kb) |
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Your King
and Country Wants You (Lyrics
& Listen) Helen Clark (MP3 882kb) |
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It's a
Long Way to Tipperary (Lyrics
& Listen) Albert Farrington (MP3 3,649kb) |
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Your King
and Country Wants You (Lyrics
& Listen) Edna Thornton (MP3 611kb) |
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When Tommy
Comes Marching Home (Listen) Harry Marlow (MP3 782kb) |
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Hoch, Hoch
Der Kaiser (Listen) Whit Cunliffe (MP3 459kb) |
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While They Were
Dancing Around (Background
& Listen) Peerless Quartet (MP3 993kb) |
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Tow the
Row, Row (Listen) Whit Cunliffe (MP3 441kb) |
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Sister
Susie's Sewing Shirts (Lyrics
& Listen) Jack Charman (MP3 755kb) |
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