Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs And Sounds Of New Zealand's Great War
by Chris Bourke /
2018 / English / EPUB
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They left their Southern Lands, They sailed across the sea; They
fought the Hun, they fought the Turk For truth and liberty. Now
Anzac Day has come to stay, And bring us sacred joy; Though
wooden crosses be swept away – We’ll never forget our boys. –
Jane Morison, ‘We’ll never forget our boys’, 1917 Be it
‘Tipperary’ or ‘Pokarekare’, the morning reveille or the bugle’s
last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at
home, music was central to New Zealand’s experience of the First
World War. In
They left their Southern Lands, They sailed across the sea; They
fought the Hun, they fought the Turk For truth and liberty. Now
Anzac Day has come to stay, And bring us sacred joy; Though
wooden crosses be swept away – We’ll never forget our boys. –
Jane Morison, ‘We’ll never forget our boys’, 1917 Be it
‘Tipperary’ or ‘Pokarekare’, the morning reveille or the bugle’s
last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at
home, music was central to New Zealand’s experience of the First
World War. InGood-Bye Maoriland
Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of
, the acclaimed author ofBlue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music
introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to
take us deep inside the human experience of war.
introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to
take us deep inside the human experience of war.
