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Oxford Music Theatre Publications
Musicals and Stage
SATB Dur. 5.10
King & Country
from ‘King & Country’
Lyrics Jane Bramwell Music Michael Brand
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For your King and your Country, both need you so’ says the lyric of the popular British First
World War recruiting song. As we now know, the reality of life in the trenches was wholly
different from the razzamatazz of the recruitment campaign.
This is one of three different selections of songs featured in Bramwell and Brand’s musical
‘King & Country’ which received its premiere performances in Brighton, England in 2014.
The show dramatically portrays what it was like for the men who fought in WW1…. what was
it like for those who came back blinded or shellshocked… and for the families of those who
did not return. This arrangement features ‘They Fought for King & Country’ and the poignant
‘Let us Celebrate Those who Live and Die’. The audio demonstration excerpt includes names
from the impressive WW1 Commemoration panel in the Brighton Unitarian Church, but
performances can use names from local memorials as a moving commemoration of war.
More information on the show at www.oxfordmusictheatre.co.uk
www.oxfordmusictheatre.co.uk
