We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
- We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line is a popular song written by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, whilst he was a Captain in the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of the Second World War. The Siegfried Line was a chain of fortifications along Germany's Western border, analogous to the Maginot Line in France. The song was used as a morale-booster during the war, particularly up to and during the Battle of France. Fact|date=April 2007
Lyrics
We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.Have you any dirty washing, mother dear?We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.'Cause the washing day is here.Whether the weather may be wet or fine.We'll just rub along without a care.We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.If the Siegfried Line's still there.Mother dear, I'm writing you from somewhere in France Hoping this finds you well. Sergeant says I'm doing fine - a soldier and a half Here's a song that we all sing This'll make you laugh...
Parody
A mocking parody was written shortly after:
Lang-de|Ja mein Junge, das hast du dir gar zu leicht gedachtMit der, mit der zweiten KriegsberichterkompanieBis zum Wäschetag, ja bis zum WäschetagIn aller Herrgottsfrüh.Mein Mädel, schenk' noch einmal einUnd tanzt und trinkt die Gläser leer.Denn wenn der große Waschtag wird gewesen seinKehr' ich heim, kehr' ich heim übers Meer.Lang-en
Yeah my boy, you thought it would be too easyWith the, with the second war reporter companyTill laundry day, yes till laundry dayAt the crack of dawn.My girl, pour in againAnd dance and drink up the glasses.Because when the big laundry day had been,I return home, I return home over the ocean.
External links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E3D91638F934A35757C0A962948260 Jimmy Kennedy's obituary at the New York Times, April 1984]
* German mocking parody on British Siegfried Line song [http://denizz.110mb.com/music/siegfriedlinedeutsch.php in MP3]
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