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The Boer or South African War between Britain and the Boer Colonies of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State was declared on 11 October 1899. Within 4 weeks, the nascent Gramophone company released a number of patriotic recordings. The most famous of these was a poem, written by Kipling and put to music by Arthur Sullivan entitled The Absent Minded Beggar. In conjunction with The Daily Mail, a fund was set up to support soldiers families during the War. As the war continued there was a progressive change of mood, and in 1901 the recording of The Boers have got my Daddy was issued:

'The Boers have got my Daddy
My soldier Dad;
I don't like to hear my Mammy sigh,
I don't like to see my Mammy cry;
So I'm going in a big ship
Across the raging main,
And I'm going to fight the Boers, I am,
And bring my Daddy home again!'

A Unique CD of 32 Tracks, restored from 1899 - 1902 period recordings.

Title	Recording Artist
God save the Queen	George J Gaskin
Oh Mr Soldier Man	Charles Foster
The Absent Minded Beggar	Ian Colquhoun
Freedom	Ian Colquhoun
Another Little Patch of Red	Ian Colquhoun
Under the same Old Flag	Ian Colquhoun
The Boys that mind the Shop	Ian Colquhoun
Soldiers of the Queen	Ian Colquhoun
Irishmen must be there	Ian Colquhoun
Our Jack’s come Home Today	J McQuitty
Private Tommy Atkins	Montague Borwell
The Soldiers in the Park	Vess L Osman (Banjo)
When the Boys come Home once more	Eric Farr
The Absent Minded Beggar	Municipal Concert Band
What do You think of the Irish?	Herbert Darnley
Sons of Our Empire	Herbert Darnley
Some Mother will lose a Son	Herbert Darnley
Boys of the Old Brigade	Municipal Military Band
Break the news to mother	George Gaskin
The Holy City	Leo Stormont
The Boers have got my Daddy	Chas Foster
Dolly Gray	Leo Stormont
Wait a Week or Two (Talking)	Leo Stormont
True till Death	Leo Stormont
A Pattern to the World	Louis Breeze
The Bally Bull Dog	Harry Taylor
Wrap Me up in my Old Stable Jacket	William Paull
Good Old London Town Girl	Louis Bradfield
Sons of the Motherland	William Paull
The Old Brigade	Ian Colquhoun
God save the King	Herbert Darnley
The Boer National Hymn	Municipal Band

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