Various Artists - 1915 Theyd Sooner Sleep on Thistles (25 tracks)

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Various Artists
1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles"
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Hello Frisco! (I Called You Up to Say "Hello!") (Alice Green and Edward Hamilton)
2. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (Alma Gluck and Male Chorus)
3. I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (Morton Harvey)
4. My Bird of Paradise (Peerless Quartet)
5. It's Tulip Time in Holland (Two Lips Are Calling Me) (Harry Macdonough)
6. You'll Always Be the Same Sweet Girl (James Reed and J. F. Harrison)
7. A Little Bit of Heaven ("Shure They Call It Ireland") (George MacFarlane)
8. On the 5:15 (American Quartet)
9. It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (John McCormack with Male Chorus)
10. Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers (Al Jolson)
11. Goodbye Girls, I'm Through (Raymond Dixon)
12. They Didn't Believe Me (Alice Green and Harry Macdonough)
13. Home, Sweet Home (Miss Alice Nielsen)
14. The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (Billy Murray)
15. He's a Rag Picker (Peerless Quartet)
16. If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts, We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends (Irving Kaufman)
17. There's a Little Lane Without a Turning "On the Way to Home Sweet Home" (Henry Burr)
18. Back Home in Tennessee (Introducing: I Love to Stay at Home) (Prince's Band)
19. Close to My Heart (Campbell and Burr)
20. Down Among the Sheltering Palms (Lyric Quartet)
21. My Little Dream Girl (James Reed and J. F. Harrison)
22. Chinatown, My Chinatown (American Quartet)
23. Alabama Jubilee (Collins and Harlan)
24. I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (Peerless Quartet)
25. Back to the Carolina You Love (Al Jolson)

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles"
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Archeophone Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/11/2006
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 777215111158

Synopsis

Product Description

25 songs from 1915, the year submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania hit the news. Popular songs included the American Quartet's "On the 5:15," Billy Murray's "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along," Al Jolson's "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers," and one of the most famous war protest songs of all, "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" includes a 24-page full-color booklet featuring an essay on American relief efforts in Belgium, the Lusitania and the push to war, discographical information on the records, notes on the songs, and rare images and photographs.