Ballads of WWII (1947)

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Below are the contents of Hamish Henderson's Ballads of World War II


Hamish Henderson's

Ballads

World
War II

Collected for
THE LILI MARLEEN CLUB OF GLASGOW


BALLADS
OF WORLD WAR II

Collected by
SEUMAS MOR MACEANRUIG

(Hamish Henderson)

FIRST COLLECTION

Issued by

THE LILI MARLEEN CLUB OF GLASGOW
To Members only


CONTENTS

NUMBER PAGE

FOREWORD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
I. THE BALLAD OF WADI MAKTILLA  . . . . . . . 7
II. BALLAD OF THE D-DAY DODGERS . . . . . . . 9
III. BALLAD OF THE BIG NOBS . . . . . . . . . 11
IV. THE ROADS TO ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
V. BALLAD OF THE TAXI DRIVER'S CAP. . . . . . 13
VI. HIGHLAND DIVISION'S FAREWELL TO SICILY. . 15
VII. SONG OF THE TUNISIAN GAULLISTES. . . . . 17
VIII. BALLAD OF KING FARUK AND QUEEN FARIDA . 19
IX. BALLAD OF THE BLUBBING BUCHMANITE . . . . 23
X. BALLAD OF THE BANFFIES . . . . . . . . . . 25
XI. GIOVINEZZA TEDESCA. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
XII. FALL OF TOBRUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
XIII. SONG OF THE ADMIRAL GRAF VON SPEE . . . 29
XIV. LILI MARLEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
XV. A PIONEER CORPS BALLAD. . . . . . . . . . 36
XVI. CANAGLIA PEZZENTE. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
XVII. KENNST DU DEN AVANTI SCHRITT ?. . . . . 39
XVIII. PHONEY WAR----WESTERN FRONT. . . . . . 40
XIX. PER VOI FANCIULLE BELLE DELLA VIA. . . . 41
XX. BALLAD OF ANZIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
XXI. AN R.A. BALLAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
XXII. ROUND AND ROUND HITLER'S GRAVE. . . . . 45
XXIII. LIED DES DEUTSCHEN AFRIKA KORPS. . . . 47



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