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Joanne
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Wartime Song Quiz
Sing the next lines of these war time songs!
1.
Roll out the barrel...
we’ll have a barrel of fun
2.
Bless 'em all...
the young and the short and the tall
3.
Goodbye Dolly I must leave you...
though it breaks my heart to go
4.
It’s a long way to Tipperary, it’s a long way to go...
it’s a long way to Tipperary, to sweetest girl I know.
5.
John Brown’s body...
lies a-mouldering in the grave
6.
Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major...
tuck me in my little wooden bed
7.
Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate...
darling I remember the way you used to wait
8.
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag...
and smile smile smile
9.
There’s something about a soldier...
that is fine fine fine!
10.
You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh...
The fundamental things apply as time goes by
11.
Alouette, gentille alouette...
Alouette, je te plumerai
12.
Mademoiselle from Armentieres, she hasn't been kissed...
for forty years Hinky, dinky, parley-voo
13.
There was ham, ham mixed up in the jam...
in the quartermaster's store
14.
Keep the home fires burning, while your hearts are yearning...
though your lads are far away, they dream of home
15.
Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye...
cheerio, here I go, on my way
16.
Won’t you come home Bill Bailey...
won’t you come home?
17.
He’s the boogie woogie...
bugle boy of Company B
18.
I’ve got a sixpence a jolly jolly sixpence...
I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life
19.
Run rabbit run rabbit run run run, bang, bang, bang, bang...
goes the farmer’s gun, run rabbit run rabbit run run run
20.
There’ll be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover, tomorrow just you wait and see...
there’ll be love and laughter and peace ever after tomorrow when the world is free
21.
We’ll meet again, don’t know where don’t know when...
but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
22.
Just a brown slouch hat with the side turned up and it means the world to me...
it’s the symbol of our nation, the land of liberty
23.
I'll be with you in apple blossom time...
I'll be with you to change your name to mine
24.
My old man said “Follow the van..."
"don’t dilly dally on the way”
25.
I know a tear would glisten, if once more I could listen...
to that gang that sang "heart of my heart"
26.
Hold your hand out naughty boy...
last night in the pale moonlight
27.
The stars at night are big and bright...
deep in the heart of Texas
28.
You’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative, don’t mess with Mister In-Between
29.
There were angels dining at the Ritz...
and a nightingale sang in Berkley Square
30.
Don’t sit under the apple tree...
with anyone else but me
31.
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola go down Point Koomahnah...
both mother and daughter workin' for the Yankee dollar
32.
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
'cause that's the night that my sweetie and I used to dance cheek to cheek
33.
Oh, give me land, lots of land...
under starry skies above, don't fence me in
34.
All the nice girls love a sailor, all the nice girls love a tar...
for there’s something about a sailor (well you know what sailors are!)
35.
Though we’re apart, you’re part of me still...
for you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill
36.
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer...
than to have your ham andeggs in Carolina (Chattanooga Choo Choo song)
37.
Anytime you’re Lambeth way...
any evening any day, you’ll find us all doing the Lambeth walk
38.
Just let me hold your hand dear...
do do come and have a drink or two, down at the old Bull and Bush
39.
For he’s the one who taught this happy heart of mine to fly...
….he wears a pair of silver wings
40.
I saw the harbor lights they only told me we were parting...
the same old harbor lights that once brought you to me
41.
The one with the waggley tail...
how much is that doggie in the window? I do hope that doggie's for sale
42.
Here we are again, happy as can be...
all good pals and jolly good company
43.
So long, it's been good to know yuh. This dusty old dust...
is a-gettin' my home, and I got to be driftin' along
44.
I hate to leave you, but I really must say...
oh good night sweetheart, good night
45.
Sleeping when it's raining, and sleeping when it's fine...
I hear the trains rattling by above,
pavement is my pillow
46.
We’re gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried line...
have you any dirty washing, mother dear?
47.
Don't you cry when I'm gone, wear a smile and carry on...
till the lights of London shine again
48.
It's a lovely day tomorrow, tomorrow is a lovely day...
come and feast your tear dimmed eyes, on tomorrow's clear blue skies
49.
Take me back to dear old Blighty!...
put me on the train for London town!
50.
Knees up Mother Brown, under the table...
you must go, Ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye oh
I want to provide feedback regarding the war time songs, complete from the first line quiz.
Our residents gathered for Remembrance and placed poppies in honour of former residents and relatives who served their country.
I followed this with the song quiz and the residents were so uplifted. Thank you it was a great success.
Thanks so much for this idea. If it helps anyone I used a shorter version of this list (attached) and I've made a Spotify Playlist of all those songs -publicly available here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mWHbdAHJBRjhtANq5xUFa?si=64b4b14902e04265
I gave people a few minutes to think through answers first and then we had a sing-a-long answers session by jumping in at the appropriate point in each of the songs. Hope that helps.
thanks for sharing this it will be good for our ANZAC celebrations
This was a great activity
Thank you Kymberly.
Here are some more songs for the War Time Quiz
Wartime Songs Quiz
Thank you for sharing Joanne. Best wishes!
I have found this a good help to put together songs for our Anzac Day celebration's. heather