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The chorus to "Gertie from Bizerte"—otherwise known as the only piece of the song clean enough to be sung onscreen by the U.S. Army Rangers in The Canterville Ghost (1944), where I learned it—has been stuck in my head since I got up at ten this morning. The one upside: I found a Life article from 1943 field-collecting American soldiers' songs, which I didn't realize anyone was doing at the time. The downside: even the pair of floppy drives playing the Imperial March can't drive it out. Unfortunately, the text of Patrick Hamilton's Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Gorse (1953) seems to contain no catchy songs whatsoever.
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Appreciated!
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Most welcome! Andy's sort of an hero/role model/inspiration/something like that of mine. Very cool guy--I needed to interview him once, after a concert, for my MA. I was thinking in terms of ten minutes, a couple of quotes, that sort of thing. He ended up spending about half an hour telling me stories about the early days with Sweeney's Men, Planxty, etc.
He's doing a concert in these parts on your birthday. If you were closer, I'd ask if you wanted to come. As you're not, I'd recommend taking any chance you might get to see him, if you've not already.