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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-05-20, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1943 'THE SFA ORT NF'WS Grand Old Minstrel Noneof the songs of this war can compare with "Tipperary," "Over There" and others that the fighting; fathers of today's fighters sang a generation ago. Such is the opinion of Sir Harry Lauder, "that grand' old minstrel," as Winston Churchill re- cently described him, who in this war as in the last is singing to sol- diers, sailors and airmen.. Sir Harry is today hale and hearty despite his seventy-two years. In the World War he sang for the soldiers in camps, barracks, garrison theatres. and even at concerts just behind the front line in France. In this war he gave his first concert in Glasgow on Sunday, October 23, 1939. Sir Harry has the good Scot's reverence for the Lord's Day, but as he said, "If the forces cyan fight on Sunday, I can sing on Sunday," And hardly a Sunday has passed in the last three years without his appearing on some platform tb cheer the soldiers with song and pawky drollery. He does not pick his plat- forms. He is equally happy to sing in Glasgow's great St. Andrew's Hall to an audience of four thousand, or in a tiny town hall in a mining center, or in a pavilion to an audience of allotment holders who are selling their surplus produce for the Red Cross. In that time he has roamed the length and breadth of Scotland, scorning the rigors of the blackout, transport difficulties and vagaries of weather. From his snug home, Lauder Ha', at Strathven (pronounced Stray -yen) not far from Glasgow, he sets forth most nights in the week for his self- imposed war work, and he is still sturdy enough to prance his little steps on the stage and waggle his in- evitable kilt -usually of the Maclen- nan tartan, which he has a right to wear because Maclennan was his mother's name. Indeed he thought of calling himself Maclennan Lauder- only (he said) "Harry Lauder saund- ed more homely." They used to say, in the 'Scots phrase, that he was`"overfond of the bawbees," and he told this on him- self . to prove it, but he is not grudg- ing ofhis talent, His voice has not the power It had when he was the highest paid music hall artist in the, world, but it is still rich and full, strong enough to make him disdain to use a microphone even in the largest auditorium. When he inaug- urated a garrison theatre in St, And- rew's Hall, Glasgow, on November 1, he put aside the microphone with a gesture as eloquent as the late R. B. Cunningham Grahaine's "Take Away that blasted contraption." And then he had the audience singing the chor- uses of his songs as they have done for fifty years, To Americans and others weak on Scottish terms, Sir Harry kindly ex- pLnins that "brae" is a hill, "hoose" is a house, and so on. For he sings not only for British troops, but for Americans, Poles, Czechs and Nor- wegians. All the different national- itiesagree on the kind of songs they prefer. "A song about home, a fighting song, and a love song -that's what they like and that's what I give them," he says, "The soldiers like a love song, and I am always asked to sing "I Love a Lassie? and 'Roamin' in the Gloatnin' and 'Loch Lomond,' and they , all know the words. "Broadcasting," Sir Harry said, has had a rather unfortunate effect of popular songs. The new songs are extra good for their melody, and for their sentiment. But the modern songs don't last. They are maybe too often on the wireless. You get tired of them easily because you can't avoid hearing them almost every time you switch on. And I think there are too many people singing them. Songs don't belong now to any particular singer. It was different in the last war, when sing- ers were known by their songs." Sir Harry thinks too, that the kind of war we are fighting today has a good deal to do with the kind of songs that are Written, "There's not so much marching' now," he siiid.. 'Mind you, the boys are marching all right, and,they're fighting all right. But yodon't need a song so much when you're sitting in a tank 'or a lorry or an armored car," "Or a jeep?" I suggested. • "Aye, or a jeep," he laughed. "Maybe if there were more marching there would be more singing, and if there were more singing then some- one would produce a good marching song. 'Roll Out the Barret' is a line song', but you never hear it now.' Sir Harry has not encountered any fighting song that the troops Tike better than old, favorites, as "The Laddies Who Fought and Won," which wins full-throated ap- proval from every type of audience. They also like the song Sir Harry starts `off: "Wo can all look back to the history of the past That has made us what we are." A simple, straightforward senti- ment like that is what soldiers want. Most Farms Can Plant More Trees There is hardly a farm in Canada that has not one or more areas un- ;suitable for cultivation, perhaps just an acre here end an acre. there. These ureas can be made to grow ;trees which will prove profitable. Many of these patches are good soil but cannot be cultivated because 01 stones or steep inclines, ideal ono- ditions for .good tree growth. Then there are species of trees that thrive. well on the poor, dry, sandy soils. 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