SING SONG AT THE FRONT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 12, 17 April 1916, Page 2

SING SONG AT THE FRONT.

(X.Z. Times Correspondent.) London, February IS. "We had quite a successful concert this evening/'' writes a lady vocalist at tjie front. "There is a sturdy Gordon with us now, who composes his own songs, words, and music as well, J and sings them unaccompanied. In would do them good in Whitehall to hear us thundering out: I So come on, Englishmen! Scotchmen, too, Irishmen and Welshmen! We're all true blue! in the refrain of one of his compositions, 'The Boys of Lord Kitchener's |Army.' This same Gordon i s one of .our 'comics,' and we love our comics jdearly. To-night he gave us humorous songs in broad Scotch—and his get-up was fearful and wonderful. The overgrown sprig of heather in his bun- . net, and his thick and twisted stick I may haV'e been pure Harry Lauder, ■ but 1 believe the lid of a cigarette tin, I which fastened his plaid, to be quite ( original, as was his sporran. The lat- | ter was composed of dried herrings, jthe heads being bVing artistically arranged so as to form the ornament at the top, while the bodies tapered' downwards, and the tails formed the requisite fringe. This caused general delight, marred only by the pessimist , whose whisper I heard near me in the | audience; 'Are those our rations for .to-morrow's breakfast?' " I SSSS5 **""—mmmm>—g»