There is a rich collection of songs and tunes in the tradition offering perspectives, recollections or morale boosts associated with wartime. This morning's program explores these connections in honour of Remembrance Day 2016.
| Flowers of the forest The Scots Guards - The Tartan chillout album - Scotdisc |
| Farmhands and Masters Kerr Fagan Harbron - Station house - Fellside |
| Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag / It's a long, long way to Tipperary John Kirkpatrick - Tunes from the trenches - Fledg'ling |
| D-Day Dodgers Jiig - Live at the National Library - November 12, 2005 - Unreleased (CKCU) 
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| Jackie and Murphy Martin Simpson - Vagrant stanzas - Topic |
| The band played Waltzing Matilda The Pogues - Very best of the Pogues - WEA UK |
| AFL-CIO The union boys - The little red box of protest songs [VA] - Proper |
| Mr. Hitler Leadbelly - The little red box of protest songs [VA] - Proper |
| Peat bog soldiers Swan Arcade - Round again - Fellside |
| Would you rather be a colonel? / Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers John Kirkpatrick - Tunes from the trenches - Fledg'ling |
| Tenting on the old camp ground Finest Kind - For honour and for gain - Fallen Angle
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| Cholera camp Cockersdale - Been around for years - Fellside |
| Glorious deserters Burgess, Ådin & Wingard - Doggerland - Sjelvar |
| Johnny I hardly knew you Tommy Makem - The Tommy Makem songbag - Shanachie |
| I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier John Kirkpatrick - Tunes from the trenches - Fledg'ling |
| Recruiting sargeant Great Big Sea - Play - WEA
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| If you want to see the General Jon Boden - A folksong a day project - Unreleased (web) |
| The Riley boys Finest Kind - For honour and for gain - Fallen Angle
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| If I had a hammer Peter, Paul and Mary - The very best of Peter, Paul and Mary - Rhino |
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What a fabulous selection of songs today! Thanks Colin. The eagle on the shoulder vs the chicken on your knee really struck a chord.
12:22 PM, November 13th, 2016