{"id":577,"date":"2014-12-16T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2016-03-31T09:44:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T09:44:25","slug":"farewell-isabelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/16\/farewell-isabelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Isabelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">80.03.7<\/span><span 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was a classic First World War recruiting song,\u00a0 composed in 1914 and sung on the 78rpm record Regal 6804 by\u00a0 Stanley Kirkby.\u00a0 The song quickly travelled to far off places such as New Zealand where it was among the recruiting concert items promoted by<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>Armies of Europe at War<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>in the Dominion Theatre, Wellington in September 1915.\u00a0\u00a0 Kirkby\u2019s recording can be listened to\u00a0 online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHOAPx6k0oU\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHOAPx6k0oU\">\u00a0<\/a> and there\u2019s a fine set of slides illustrating this song available for viewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slides.uni-trier.de\/slide\/index.php?id=5005318\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">here<\/span>. <\/a>Jeannie would probably have been around 18 years old when she heard this song \u2013 over 65 years ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s evidence of her fine memory for songs.\u00a0\u00a0 Roud index no. 25907.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Hark the drums how they beat, Isabelle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To the tramping of feet, Isabelle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Dry your eyes sweetheart don\u2019t cry,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wish me luck then say goodbye.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There is work to be done, Isabelle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To the beat of the drum, Isabelle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Into line I\u2019ll fall as the bugles call,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cHurry up, come along, come along\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Farewell Isabelle, Isabelle;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve got to leave you; I\u2019ve got to go.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Farewell Isabelle, Isabelle;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve got to leave you to face the foe.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You know very well, Isabelle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 There\u2019s the battle I go through;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I will do my best when I\u2019m in it, to win it,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Cos I\u2019ve won you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>When I\u2019m lonely at night, Isabelle,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>By the campfire so bright Isabelle<br \/>\n<\/em><em>The vision of your loving smile<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Will help to cheer me all the while.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>When there\u2019s work to be done, Isabelle<br \/>\n<\/em><em>To the beat of the drum, Isabelle,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I\u2019ll go back again to the bugle call,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u2018Hurry up, come along, come along\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>Farewell Isabelle, Isabelle;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0I\u2019ve got to leave you; I\u2019ve got to go,<br \/>\n<\/em><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Farewell Isabelle, Isabelle;<br 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