I've Got Sixpence (British World War 2 Song) [REMASTERED]

[@Home8rew]

My old man used to sing this to me when I was a kid. Good to hear it again

[@BlossomFlowerGirl]

Nana used to play this on the piano and she’d vamp the bass section. Such a jolly, happy song. Loved the old days gathered around the piano and the grownups all singing.

[@wytchywmn9]

My Dad was in England toward the end of WW2, and brought this song home with him. He used to sing a slower version of this to my sister and I at bedtime. ❤

[@kofinsiah4416]

I learned this song in primary school, in early 1950s, when the soldiers from Gold Coast (now Ghana) returned from WW II as part of the British Army. Some became teachers, teaching us songs from the war days. I remember them today, and they make me feel home sick, as if time and place represent the same thing in life. Thank you Sajud829.

[@DazUK81]

There is a old lady in my wife's nursing home she has servere dementia and does not know where or who she is but she sings this song word for word beautifully .....made me cry when I found this and realised it's a war song

[@peeweepixie3655]

I work on a memory care unit and we sing this song everyday lol. Its amazing... even the residents who don’t talk anymore or don’t make sense when they talk can still recall lyrics to classic songs.

[@merit_wav]

Hello! Can i ask you a question? What is the meaning of this song? Ive got this question on my history lession, ens im loking for an anwser< thank you

[@kofinsiah4416]

@@merit_wav Sixpence = Six pence was equivalent to present day Six pennies in Britain. To be paid 6 pence in the 1940s and 50s as a wage in the army was enough to feed you the whole day, and still have some to spare. Twopence = Two pence; 1/3 to spend; 1/3 to lend to friends; and 1/3 to send home to his wife as he was at the battle field. ... And he was all happy like a king. ...! Life was much more jolly those days, I think, if you grew up then!

[@eagle7247]

The Scout Camp I worked at for a few summers used to use a variation on this song when our paystubs were passed out. We altered some of the lyrics and changed up the tune, but it was one of the most enjoyable songs we sang (and we had a select number we all truly loved). Ever since I first learned it, I began to mentally sing it whenever I get ahold of my paystubs. To listen to its historical version is a pure pleasure because of this, and I love its upbeat, happy tune.

[@Dmazza99]

Same i work at Goose Pond

[@KirkSteen-z1w]

Troop 17 (12553 ) while at Beech Mountain Scout Camp 1964-1966

[@Dmazza99]

They sing this before we get paid at my summer camp i work at

[@michaele.hnatov2623]

My Dad used to sing this to me. He picked it up from Tommies he met during the war

[@mrdeafa25]

I used to sing this when I was a little boy every saturday when my dad gave me my pocket money.

[@merit_wav]

Hello! Can i ask you a question? What is the meaning of this song? Ive got this question on my history lession, ens im loking for an anwser< thank you

[@mrdeafa25]

@@merit_wav I believe its a song from the war when soldiers used to sing together to raise morale. Subsequent verses go on to say I've got fourpence (then tuppence and finally no pence!) The moral of the song is that we aint got much and when its gone its gone so choose carefully how you spend your dough! At least that's how I interpret it. We used to sing it in the scouts back in the 60's. Happy days. Good luck with your History lessons.

[@merit_wav]

@@mrdeafa25 Dear mr Deafa I’m so appreciate you for your answer, you help me a lot with your interpretation, I’m the one person who had a right answer on my lesson, thank you for help, I believe your scout times was pretty good, I wish you all the best, now you know that you did one person on the earth a little bit happier. Thanks from Poland❤️❤️

[@mrdeafa25]

@@merit_wav You are very kind. Thank you.

[@HooDatDonDar]

The tune I learned was a little different. Is this original?

[@Sajidun]

It’s a remastered version.

[@kofinsiah4416]

Я выучил эту песню в начальной школе, в начале 1950-х годов, когда солдаты из Голд-Коста (ныне Гана) вернулись со Второй мировой войны в составе британской армии. Некоторые стали учителями, обучая нас песням военных лет. Я вспоминаю их сегодня, и меня тошнит от них, как будто время и место представляют одно и то же в жизни. YA vyuchil etu pesnyu v nachal'noy shkole, v nachale 1950-kh godov, kogda soldaty iz Gold-Kosta (nyne Gana) vernulis' so Vtoroy mirovoy voyny v sostave britanskoy armii. Nekotoryye stali uchitelyami, obuchaya nas pesnyam voyennykh let. YA vspominayu ikh segodnya, i menya toshnit ot nikh, kak budto vremya i mesto predstavlyayut odno i to zhe v zhizni.

[@finaladvance5085]

I’m here because of a spy training video

[@kofinsiah4416]

Sixpence (= Six pence) was equivalent to present day Six pennies in Britain. To be paid 6 pence in the 1940s and 50s as a wage in the army was enough to feed you the whole day, and still have some to spare. Twopence = Two pence; 1/3 to spend; 1/3 to lend to friends; and 1/3 to send home to his wife as he was at the battle field. ... And he was all happy like a king. ...! Life was much more jolly those days, I think, if you grew up then!

[@anaraschulz9814]

0.75 is how I’d sing it if I was drunk at the bar

[@metro41412]

Karaoke for men 🪖

[@zaurm5530]

Я первый

[@broadyyo4988]

Yes

[@mourdavi]

Yes

[@Sajidun]

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