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The Long Trail: What the Soldiers Sang and Said in the Great War of 1914 to 1918

The Long Trail: What the Soldiers Sang and Said in the Great War of 1914 to 1918

Eric Partridge
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This jewel of a book was first published by Eric Patridge's Scholartis Press in 1930. It went into three editions , and has now been completely revised and re-arranged by Mr. Brophy.

It consists of an informative and entertaining introduction; a collection of songs, ribald sentimental, satiric, made up by unknown soldiers and a fascinating glossary of soldiers slang. The authors, 1914 volunteers, were both infantryman and they started on this book while they were still close to the First World War. There is an authentic ring of first-hand experience int heir work as well as scholarship. No one who set out to compile such a book today could come anywhere near it, while at the same time the re-writing for this edition gives us the benefit of a long view as well as a sense of being there.

It was astonishing to discover the extent to which attitudes have changed in the last twenty-five years about what is printable and what is not. The number of words for which, in the early thirties, dashes had to be substituted made some of the songs look almost as though they had been transcribed in morse code. In this edition the words have been restored, an Mr Brophy, in his Introduction has put the whole matter of soldiers' language into a modern perspective.

Both the songs and the glossary are of great value to students of language , but the book appeals to a far wider audience. Imaginations have turned back to the war of 1914-18 .and here is the essence of its most moving aspect: the courage, gaiety and astringent cynicism with which men armed themselves against the horrors of trench warfare.

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Language
English
Pages
239
Format
Hardcover
Release
May 25, 1930

The Long Trail: What the Soldiers Sang and Said in the Great War of 1914 to 1918

Eric Partridge
4.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This jewel of a book was first published by Eric Patridge's Scholartis Press in 1930. It went into three editions , and has now been completely revised and re-arranged by Mr. Brophy.

It consists of an informative and entertaining introduction; a collection of songs, ribald sentimental, satiric, made up by unknown soldiers and a fascinating glossary of soldiers slang. The authors, 1914 volunteers, were both infantryman and they started on this book while they were still close to the First World War. There is an authentic ring of first-hand experience int heir work as well as scholarship. No one who set out to compile such a book today could come anywhere near it, while at the same time the re-writing for this edition gives us the benefit of a long view as well as a sense of being there.

It was astonishing to discover the extent to which attitudes have changed in the last twenty-five years about what is printable and what is not. The number of words for which, in the early thirties, dashes had to be substituted made some of the songs look almost as though they had been transcribed in morse code. In this edition the words have been restored, an Mr Brophy, in his Introduction has put the whole matter of soldiers' language into a modern perspective.

Both the songs and the glossary are of great value to students of language , but the book appeals to a far wider audience. Imaginations have turned back to the war of 1914-18 .and here is the essence of its most moving aspect: the courage, gaiety and astringent cynicism with which men armed themselves against the horrors of trench warfare.

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Language
English
Pages
239
Format
Hardcover
Release
May 25, 1930

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