GREAT SONG OF THE WAR
The suggestion of a nationai testimonial to the author of "Tipperary," the most faanous marching song of the War, has been made by LieutenantGolonel Beckles, the founder of the Ypres League. -Jack Judge, who wrote the words and music of "Tipperary," is now living in a Worcestershire village. The song was a one-day job — dt was composed on January 31, 1912, and Judge sang it the same evening at the. Grand Theatre, Stalybridge, Lancashire, which thus gained a niche of its own in history. The composer of "Madelon," the French song which was most popular among the "poilus," was awarded the Legion of Honour, though this song never enjoyed the vogue of "Tipperary." The latter, indeed, was regarded as a "second British nationai anthem" by the French, and also, apparently, by the Americans. For a time before the United States entered the war, it was banned in that country — presumably for fear of offending German susceptiblities.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 586, 18 July 1933, Page 7
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161GREAT SONG OF THE WAR Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 586, 18 July 1933, Page 7
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