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SKU: A0.767060
Composed by Mike Lyons. 20th Century,Contemporary. 18 pages. Lyons Music Services #238419. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767060).This song was written in response to Siegfried Sassoon's well-known war poem of the same title. I have tried to emulate the ironic tone of Sassoon's descriptions of the treatment of wounded and damaged men by the society for whom they have been fighting. This is as current a topic today as it was 50 years ago. The song is short at just under 2 minutes, but demands some difficult techniques from both singer and pianist. The vocal line, in particular, will need good control of breathing and pitch in the sliding arpeggio on the "Ah!! after letter B and the line "And people won't say that you're mad". The sudden ending is quite deliberate and the final bar rest should be counted in full. The listener should expect more, but there isn't anything more to say - we treat our soldiers badly!
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