Vintage Audio: I'd Feel At Home If They'd Let Me Join The Army
Updated - Saturday, 21 June, 2003

The basis for the jovial I'd Feel at Home if They'd Let me Join the Army was the sentiment that life would be somewhat easier - and more peaceful - on the front lines than at home in so-called "domestic tranquility"!

The song was written in 1917 by Albert Gumble (music) and Jack Mahoney (lyrics) and published by Jerome H. Remick.

Click here to listen to a version of the song performed by the prolific Billy Murray, recorded in 1917 (MP3 format 888kb).

"ANZAC" was coined in 1915 from the initials of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

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