Ewan MacColl - British Army Songs

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Ewan MacColl

British Army Songs

1965

Washington
WLP 711
12-inch LP

Tracks:

1. Bless 'Em All (appears on other albums)

2. Tell Me Boys Have You Any Complaints (appears on other albums)

3. The Dying Soldier (appears on other albums)

4. The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla (appears on other albums)

5. The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime (appears on other albums)

6. Hand Me Down Me Petticoat (appears on other albums)

7. All You Maidens Sweet and Kind (appears on other albums)

8. Columbo (appears on other albums)

9. Seven Years In the Sand (appears on other albums)

10. Join the British Army (appears on other albums)

11. When This Ruddy War is Over (appears on other albums)

12. The Second Front Song (appears on other albums)

13. Browned Off (appears on other albums)

14. McKaffery (appears on other albums)

15. The Fortress Song (appears on other albums)

16. The D Day Dodgers (appears on other albums)

17. On the Move (appears on other albums)

18. The Ghost Army of Korea (appears on other albums)

Personnel:

Peggy Seeger, banjo and guitar
Jimmy MacGregor, guitar
John Cole, harmonica

Reissue of the Bless 'Em All and other British Army Songs

Related recordings:

Barrack Room Ballads (Topic 10T26)
Bundook Ballads (Topic 12T130)
Bless 'Em All and other British Army Songs (Riverside RLP 12-642)

Thanks to Nick Guida for the information from his Jimmy MacGregor's discography.