one of the best anti war songs

Jake would be celebrated if he was French. This is an outstanding artist, all.

Here because I'm old enough to remember watching him on the telly all those years ago.

Jake at his brilliant best! So thought provoking.

An absolute genius of a song writer and performer who never got the credit he truly deserved

Amazing performer, from a shout to a whisper

I love the beautiful rich colors of this diatom!

Wow! Remarkable art work!

Loved Jake. A most gifted song writer. Very underrated. Though his songs were often funny, they were poignant as well.

The most beautiful song ever recorded.

RIP Klaus Kemp who sadly just passed. He was a kind man, an extraordinary man, with an extraordinary skill and legacy: for science, for beauty. Generations will recognize his achievements once they learn what he has done. Prof Georgy Koentges

That right thumb !

Beautifully eccentric ❤

Thank you hugely for posting this. The Kemps have been family friends for well over forty years, from back when Klaus and my father worked together. He's a lovely person to know - always kind even to a scruffy teenager back then (i.e. me!), and of course the diatom arrangements are amazing. I'll show this to my mum as soon as I can, who was good friends with Sheila particularly !

Is there any score for solo guitar available?

Good heavens... A breath from a previous civilization... How I miss it -- Despite never seeing more than seconds from its end.

He is an amazing microscopist and has rejuvenated the old art of arranging diatoms on slides. I very much hope he continues his craft for years to come.

no song makes me cry like this one, its delivery is absolutely devastating

"A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at both ends". A devastatingly honest & insightful song - I wish more people reflected like this on so-called Remembrance Days.

Strange meeting

beautiful

Ahh, this brings back memories! The Good Old Days; with some great classic acts!

Total brilliance! King's Singers are just so good! Love and peace.

Here from Jon Richardson

Genius is such an overused word that it has lost its value. It deserves to be used here.

A very American song for a British music hall revival. My research says the song is from 1938, which is consistent with the lyrics.

Who are from left to right?

Remember the bands and the grand parades, The flags, the banners, the fine cockades, And how we all looked up to see the King upon the balcony: Who told us we were young and brave, We'd never become the foreigner's slave - If the foreigner comes off best, he said, You'll be better off dead . . . This was a couple of weeks before we got killed in the war. Remember the drums and the trumpets played When we set sail on the great crusade, And how we all looked up to see the clergyman on the quay: Who told us we were grand and good To fight for God, as good men should - If the enemy comes off best, he said, You'll be better off dead . . . And this was a couple of days before we got killed in the war. Remember the night before the raid When the guns began the cannonade, And how we all looked up to see the captain of the company: Who told us we were bold and strong, Let fame and glory spur us on - If the Enemy comes off best, he said, You'll be better off dead . . . This was a couple of hours before we got killed in the war. Remember the shock of the ambuscade, Remember the terrible fusillade, And how we all looked up to see the curious face of the enemy: Who was young, and shabby, and seemed to be About as foreign as you or me - I never did catch what the poor sod said When he made sure we were dead . . . This was a couple of shakes before we got killed in the war. www.jakethackray.com/archive/songs/the-lyrics-and-guitar-tabs/item/the-remembrance.html

Jamie Lenman brought me here

Knew Brian Kay when I was in Leeds! Best wishes, Robert Denton LEEDS Parish Church 1963 - 1971

Shuffle

Check out Jamie Lenmans rendition

Here because of Jamie Lenman

I commissioned the orchestral Ice Fields, which Leo performed with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in 1990. To my knowledge the full orchestral suite has’t been performed since. A stunning piece, orchestrated by Stephen Paulus.

I love the way amoebas move. And eat, haha. Good job.

Jake is a much under rated musical genius. He packs so much melody and lyrical wonder in two or three minutes I don't understand why so few people know of him. He can make you laugh, cry, feel joy, anger and poignant sadness all in the space of a single album. To me, this is one of the most heartbreaking and honest songs ever written by any artist. RIP Jake, you were a real one off treasure and very sadly missed.

A great, great talent...wordsmith, musician and humanist.

This isn't a funny story! :(

Best kept secret in music. Let's keep it that way 😉

Amazing

Those were the days!

devastatingly brilliant - how is it possible to condense so much truth and emotion into 2 minutes? Only a genius like Jake could do it.

Trust jake to sum the brutal nature of war and are young men x women dying in such a simple ditty pure genius and so underrated...

I have just been introduced to Jake Thackray. I can't believe I didn't know of him before. Simply wonderful stuff.

Poetry of the highest order

Jake was so unique. This beautiful poignancy shows another side of Jake for me. The craft of his words were...are! phenomenal...

The ending is so cute!

Thanks for posting this. When I was lucky enough to see him he segued from this song into "The Bull". Brilliant juxtaposition of songs which worked superbly.

my favorite...

still awesome