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Your King and Country Need You (Trevor)

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This song should not be confused with Your King and Country Need You (Pelham)
This song should not be confused with Your King and Country Want You by Rubens

Cinch label for recording by Joseph Farrington.

"Your King and Country Need You" was a British popular song with words by Huntley Trevor, and music by Henry E. Pether.[1] It was published at the start of the First World War and was written as a recruiting song with the aim of persuading men to volunteer to fight in the War.

Recordings

Below is a list of artists who have recorded the song, with record company (where known), and recording date (where known):

  • Joseph Farrington, Cinch (HMV), 1914[1]
  • Leo Ryan, Famous, c. 1914[citation needed]
  • Harrison Latimer, Regal (G6795), c. 1914

Listen to the song

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References and notes

  1. ^ a b The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. Accessed 4 May 2013
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