The Lads In Their Hundreds by "Show of Hands" and Imelda Staunton
“Folk Music and Military History. Based on a poem written by A.E. Houseman (1859-1936) in the shadow of the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902), this is a track from Show of Hands new album "Show of Hands - Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War" available from 30th June http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/showofhands/showofhandscentenarywordsmusicofthegreatwar.html This Saturday is the 100th Anniversary of the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by ethnic Serbian terrorist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Within weeks Europe was engulfed in the First World War (1914-18). #Folk #MilitaryHistory #AEHouseman #ShowofHands #ImeldaStaunton #WWI”
15 lovesThis jam is special! The first and only time it’s been posted was by Paul_WE_Ingham in Jun 2014.