This song is included on a CD "Music from the Titanic" (completely unrelated to the 1998 film) on which is performed (by a theater vocal group and band) some of the actual playlist of the Titanic's band on the fateful voyage. However, that CD's version of "Fall In and Follow Me" is instrumental, featuring only trumpet and piano.
Russell James It's very good, and nice to hear the lyrics, though probably any decent treatment of this song would be a treat for the ears. (I'm currently doing a lot of reading on that period.)
I sang this in an old time musical hall about 40 years ago - I seem to remember a faster tempo for the verse but the chorus is identical. Great curtain raiser of a song !
Well, soldiers going into the war, at least on the British/American side were extremely excited thinking the war would be their “right of passage” and an “adventure” so most songs are upbeat and happy tunes
This song is included on a CD "Music from the Titanic" (completely unrelated to the 1998 film) on which is performed (by a theater vocal group and band) some of the actual playlist of the Titanic's band on the fateful voyage. However, that CD's version of "Fall In and Follow Me" is instrumental, featuring only trumpet and piano.
lindsey lefrois Though I like the brisk, open-air feel of this version. (Recorded on an acoustic horn, of course.)
Russell James It's very good, and nice to hear the lyrics, though probably any decent treatment of this song would be a treat for the ears. (I'm currently doing a lot of reading on that period.)
I sang this in an old time musical hall about 40 years ago - I seem to remember a faster tempo for the verse but the chorus is identical. Great curtain raiser of a song !
It's a real irony that so many war songs are so happy .... I guess they had to be.
Well, soldiers going into the war, at least on the British/American side were extremely excited thinking the war would be their “right of passage” and an “adventure” so most songs are upbeat and happy tunes
@@CommonwealthCreations2287The German side too, if you read "All Quiet On The Western Front."
3 minutes of your time - and you too can be a soldier!