Music of the Great War

For our War Culture regular this month we featured popular music of the First World War. Follow the links below to get a feel for the sort of songs played to troops on leave and the loved ones they left behind. From the excitement of We’re Going Over, the knees-up jollity of When the Kaiser Does the Goosestep to a Good Old American Rag, to the solemn protest of I Didn’t Raise my Boy to be a Soldier, hearing the different styles gives you an insight into how music was used to provoke, rile, and console troops and relatives during WWI.

We’re Going Over   I Didn’t Want My Boy To Be A Soldier   When The Kaiser Does The Goosestep to a Good Old American Rag   A Good Man Is Hard To Find   American Here’s My Boy