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Topic: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Ok, for APRIL we are going to continue with the MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED themed SONGS. 

Below are suggestions made by members for people to try and cover.  However, feel free to enter any MARCHING or MILITARY related SONG, it doesn’t have to be just from the suggestions listed below and you can enter your own original song if you would like.

Colonel Clark (original by Grah1) – Grah1 has the lyrics if anyone would like to attempt this song.
The Battle of New Orleans - Johny Horton
The Night they drove old Dixie Down - The Band
Love and War - Neil Young
Captain Kennedy - Neil Young
Where have all the flowers gone - Marlene Dietrich, Pete Seeger   
500 miles - The Proclaimers
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young   
Onward Christian Soldiers 
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Green Fields of France - Eric Bogle
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

Look forward to hearing your entries.

READY, SET, GO !!!

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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Here is one I have shared before a couple of years ago now.  Posting it because I am just back from holiday and it is one that fits in with the theme this month.  Hopefully I can get back into it and record something new.
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/cover … ete-seeger

Another one I have shared previously with you all, but it fits the theme as well.  Gosh 7 yrs ago this one was!  Where does the time go?
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/captain-kennedy

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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Here is an old version of Captain Kennedy that's pretty rough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4hW2sk490

Slightly different to your version @jandle ... mine was 8 years ago!!

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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Also an original we did Looking for a Hero, Greg (the guy in the blue shirt) wrote this one .. and we were a bit out of practice ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9KAjFOjJB0

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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Richard, good to see the difference in both your versions of Captain Kennedy, it's a neat song to perform isn't it.

Looking for a Hero song, well done to you all.  It would have been fun getting the band back together for you all, going down memory lane.  Great you had another song writer in the band as well.     

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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Jan,
As usual your voice steals the show - love it !! Sounds so good - I could picture in my mind Pete Seeger finishing writing this and asking you to play and sing it so he could hear what it sounds like !
A terrific song by Pete - so meaningful.
Kudos and Cheers Jan !!
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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Richard,

Nice song- you guys sound very good  for not playing together in a while.
Bet the reunion stirred up a lot of memories and stories !  smile
Can you post the lyrics ? there were a couple of lines that were hard to discern.

I enjoyed watching this !
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Re: APRIL 2026 FSOTM – MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED

Jandle wrote:

Richard, good to see the difference in both your versions of Captain Kennedy, it's a neat song to perform isn't it.

Looking for a Hero song, well done to you all.  It would have been fun getting the band back together for you all, going down memory lane.  Great you had another song writer in the band as well.

Thanks - we got together one more time after this, as we had a female vocalist for some of the time, but the guy who did our sound and video couldn't make that one ... I got some audio, but the video was on a tripod and didn't get all of us ... anyway, yes, he wrote a few other tracks and helped write my song "Gypsy Fair" ...

TIGLJK wrote:

Can you post the lyrics ? there were a couple of lines that were hard to discern.

Sure: 

https://i.imgur.com/dQkr4NP.jpeg

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