Talk:Soldiers of the Queen (song)

IS there a recording on-line of this song somewhere? it would be nice to have a link to a copy Brian | (Talk) 03:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The instrumental is played at the beginning of the 1939 film The Little Princess and apparently Nigel Green's character in The Ipcress File whistles it. It was a famous song in its day but it's hard to find a recording with the lyrics.--Johnbull (talk) 22:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There are a number of versions here: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/028011-9002s-e.html at least one of which is quite distinct Manolan1 (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Written as "The Soldiers of the Queen"
This piece was written as "The Soldiers of the Queen" in the mid to late 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria. It was only after her death in 1901 that it became known as "Soldiers of the King". There are scans of 19th century sheet music frontispiece which clearly show the title and composer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.73.190 (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This article should be moved to "The Soldiers of the Queen".--Britannicus (talk) 18:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Rather belatedly I was going to make the same point. IXIA (talk) 18:58, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Lyrics Incorrect
I believe the lyrics quoted here are a much later and 'politically corrected' version. The original version is quite different.


 * Possibly not what you mean, but surely the word "not" is omitted twice in the opening stanza. The version sung on the most distinct recording I linked to above is clearly "we're not forgetting it, we're not letting it" and that is also the version sung on Breaker Morant. Manolan1 (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2019 (UTC)