"Lest We Forget" (Covid iso video) [17mins]

"Lest We Forget"
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 I was inspired to record these 3 songs by the approach of Anzac Day 2021 but of course every day of every year is an appropriate time to remember and give thanks to those members of the Armed Forces who serve and those who made, and continue to make, the ultimate sacrifice in order to safeguard the freedoms we tend to take for granted.  For those outside Australia who are unaware, Anzac Day, 25 April, is a national day of remembrance in both Australia and New Zealand.  It gets its name from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps formed in 1914.  Anzac Day was held originally to honour those who served in the Gallipoli Campaign (their first engagement) in WWI but has since come to commemorate all Australians and New Zealanders killed in military operations.  Whilst sharing many sentiments with 11 November Remembrance Day, Anzac Day has become even more strongly observed here in Australia.

Anzac Day commemorations generally comprise a dawn service, later followed by commemorative marches by veterans from all past conflicts together with current serving members and services.

For more detailed information on Anzac Day please refer to: https://www.army.gov.au/our-heritage/traditions/anzac-day

Thank you for reading and watching.  Information on the songs and the poem follows below.
Karen xx

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The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, by Eric Bogle
The first song was written by Scottish-born Eric Bogle in 1971.  Eric moved here to Australia in 1969, aged 25, and very quickly became a major part of the Australian folk music scene, which he remains to this day.  
In 2001, as part of their 75th anniversary celebrations, APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) compiled a list of what they considered to be the top 30 Australian songs of all time – this song was included in that list.  It tells the story of a young man injured at Gallipoli in the First World War … at the time called the Great War, the War to End All Wars.

 He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell
This next song was written 2 years earlier, in 1969, and originally recorded by American singer Kelly Gordon.  It was very quickly taken up by British band The Hollies, whose cover version released the same year became a worldwide hit.
The title and general storyline are said to have been based on Biblical Parables and other such tales of a child struggling to carry a small boy, possibly sick or injured, declining offers of help, saying “He’s not heavy, he’s my brother”.
The song is often felt to reflect the aim of those in the Armed Forces to never leave an injured comrade behind on the battlefield.

 Sapper’s Lullaby, by Fred Smith (known in the USA as Iain Campbell Smith)
This final song is more recent.  It’s by Australian singer-songwriter Fred Smith.
In his diplomatic role with DFAT (Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Fred spent some 18 months in Afghanistan from mid-2009.  He wrote a range of extraordinary songs inspired by his experiences there.  The experience described in the first verse of this song is of a Ramp Ceremony - when a soldier is killed in action overseas a vigil is held over his coffin overnight, then in the morning essentially everyone on the Base forms a Guard of Honour through which the coffin is carried to the airstrip, for loading onto a waiting Hercules transporter plane, to be flown back to Australia.  The two Sappers, named in the second verse, were Darren Smith and Jacob ‘Snowy’ Moerland, who were killed by an IED whilst on patrol in July 2010.

The Ode of Remembrance, by Laurence Binyon
The recitation now known as the Ode of Remembrance, or sometimes just the Ode, is in fact the fourth verse of a poem called “For the Fallen”, written in 1914 by English poet Laurence Binyon, first published in The Times newspaper (UK) just seven weeks after the start of the First World War.  Although written so early in the War “For the Fallen” is generally considered to be one of the best, most sensitive and accurate poems relating to the War ever written.

 

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