At last someone else who has heard of "A Matter of Life and Death", one of my favourites :). I would posit that we were still at war after VE day, there was still fighting out in the east and only until VJ day did hostilities cease. So if "The Way to the Stars" came out before 15th August then I would think that its a viable contender. Even if its just for this. For Johnny by John Pudney
For Johnny by John Pudney
Do not despair For Johnny-head-in-air; He sleeps as sound As Johnny underground. Fetch out no shroud For Johnny-in-the-cloud; And keep your tears For him in after years.
Better by far For Johnny-the-bright-star, To keep your head, And see his children fed.
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Date: 2007-12-02 10:50 am (UTC)I would posit that we were still at war after VE day, there was still fighting out in the east and only until VJ day did hostilities cease. So if "The Way to the Stars" came out before 15th August then I would think that its a viable contender. Even if its just for this.
For Johnny by John Pudney
For Johnny
by John Pudney
Do not despair
For Johnny-head-in-air;
He sleeps as sound
As Johnny underground.
Fetch out no shroud
For Johnny-in-the-cloud;
And keep your tears
For him in after years.
Better by far
For Johnny-the-bright-star,
To keep your head,
And see his children fed.
Nuff said I think