I hope everyone is being careful and not flying DiD after a surfeit of turkey. Nod off in front of your computer screen and wake up in Berlin… I wanted to drop by and thank Lou for his Harry Lauder link. That tune was one of my father's favourites. My grandfather (mum's side) in the KOSBs likely saw Harry Lauder when Lauder toured the Western front in the summer of 1917 while he was still struggling to deal with the death of his only son, a captain in the Argylls, the previous year. My grandfather used to sing this tune too, along with "Roamin' in the Gloamin" and "Keep Right On." Great stuff!
Lauder's account of his 1917 tour, "A Minstrel in France," is available as a download through Project Gutenberg.
