As Time Goes By
Musical Memories of Wartime
Musical Memories of Wartime
For a copy
This book includes a
brief history of song in the time of war and 12 stories of ordinary people who
served and how the war impacted their lives.
Included with the book are 19 songs of wartime and the famous poem "In Flander's Fields" with explanation on a music CD. The history of each song is explained along with the singers who sang them. The television, movie and recording star Sandy Lee Lindsay is featured. If you allow some time, the beautiful voice of Sandy Lee will be heard singing the famous song "Falling in Love Again"
Stories:
The Times... a brief history of the times of WWI & WWII
The story of the music as detailed below.
Elephant Roustabout ... a young boy's family disintegrates in WWII
The Flying Boat ... a young man is the only survivor of a crew of 12
Four Boys ... young friends enter the war and three return
The Tar ... a story of a 37 year veteran Chief Petty Officer
The Mercenary ... a young immigrant becomes a mercenary
The Navigator ... leading a 400 plane raid on Nazi Germany
The Nurse ... the irony of a tailored uniform and crippling injuries
First Nations ... aboriginal people fight in the Great War
MI5 ... an innocent boy and what he reveals under interrogation
The Blitz ... personal moments in the Blitz
Two Wars ... veterans of WWI and WWII come together on a remote island
Blackbird ... the secret life of an ordinary small town boy
The song titles are as follows:
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Vienna, My City of Dreams
Falling in Love Again (hear this song)
Waltzing Matilda
With a Song in My Heart
Propeller Club Medlay
Poem – In Flander’s Fields
Berkeley Square
For All We Know
As Time Goes By
Lilli Marlene
There Will Always Be an England
Til We Meet Again
When the Lights Go on Again All Over the
World.Among My Souvenirs
We’ll Meet Again
Always
Blue Birds Over the White Cliffs of Dover
Now is the Hour
I’ll Be Seeing You
