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Canadian Historical Sound Recordings

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A Soldier's Life/Real Events

The Army of Today's Alright

The Company Sergeant Major

Fun in Flanders, Part 1

Fun in Flanders, Part 2

Life in a Trench in Belgium, No. 1

Life in a Trench in Belgium, No. 2

Photograph of soldiers lined up outside of a YMCA bunker at the front lines

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The YMCA offered some comfort for soldiers at the front

Photograph of a group of Canadian soldiers seated in front of the ruins of a bombed-out building. One of the soldiers is playing music

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Canadian soldiers created music on "found" (hand-made) instruments even in bombed-out settings such as this, July 1917

Life in a Trench in Belgium, Part 3, Fun in Flanders

Life in a Trench in Belgium, Part 4

Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning

Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a Lovely War

Parodies of the Camp

A Soldier's Day

Submarine Attack Somewhere at Sea

When the Lusitania Went Down

References for Song Lists

Songs of the First World War