38 parodies of popular song
38 parodies of popular song
sunday, 29 june, '03
there are a wide range of traditional melodies that continue in service.
 each war, however, brings contemporary popular song melodies into the soldier's repertoire;
 these are the songs in this coding.
 I am sure, however, that there are many melodies that the soldiers consider 'traditional',
they are, in fact, of popular music origin.
 the opposite applies as well;
 every veteran interviewed said the melody to 'bob menzies army' was the music hall song 'any old iron;
 john dengate, folk revivalist and songwriter even sang a fragment of the original.
 beyond productions, producer of the doco series 'australians at war',
for which I was a consultant, wished to use this song on air.
 they contacted the copyright holder of the song 'any old iron',
allen's music',
who said the melody to 'bob menzies' as I presented it/that soldier's sang, was not 'any old iron'

1.
slope chung be x 3, 4
2.
white mistress
3.
rifleman's song
4.
machine gunner's song
5.
crew that always returned x 2
6.
puff the magic dragon x 5
7.
the vixen' s
8.
bomb the town
9.