1941 NOEL COWARD WAR TIME CLASSIC 78 COULD YOU PLEASE O
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THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS 1941 COMEDY 78 FROM THE SOPHISTICATED MR NOEL COWARD
TWO GREAT SIDES
THE CLASSIC "COULD YOU PLEASE OBLIGE US WITH A BREN GUN?"
Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun
b/w "THERE HAVE BEEN SONGS IN ENGLAND"
Noel Coward - There Have Been Songs
Of the three instantly recognizable war songs Coward penned during the second great conflict of the Twentieth Century, this is the most easy going. "Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?" is an obvious satire on the Home Guard.On May 14, 1940, a British Government broadcast appealed for men to serve as Local Defense Volunteers; the name was changed to the Home Guard three months later. Most able-bodied men were already serving in one of the forces; the few suitable civilians left were either very young, too old, or in reserved occupations. In any event, by the end of June there were over a million applications; the volunteer force was not disbanded until the very end of 1945, though as might be expected, and as the song emphasizes, the quality of its volunteers was the least of the Home Guard's problems.
Unsurprisingly, the new defence force became known as Dad's Army, and was immortalized in a BBC comedy TV series of that name which ran for eighty episodes between 1968 and 1977. The hero of "Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?" was originally Colonel McNamara who Was in Calcutta in '92."
But Coward changed the name to Colonel Montmorency when it turned out that there was a Colonel McNamara working for the War Office who had indeed been in Calcutta in '92! The song itself is in 6/8 time, and very cleverly constructed with the trademark Coward internal rhymes. It was first used by the man himself on July 13, 1941 at the Hammersmith Palais de Dance, and later when he entertained the troops. The sheet music was published the same year, by Chappell of London.
RECORD DETAILS:
UK HMV B 9204 10" 78 rpm shellac (1941)
NOEL COWARD
A SIDE: COULD YOU PLEASE OBLIGE US WITH A BREN GUN
B SIDE: THERE HAVE BEEN SONGS IN ENGLAND
CONDITION = EX/EX+
A CLASSIC BUT HARDER TO FIND NOEL COWARD 78
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