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The Long and the Short and the Tall may refer to:
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Fuck 'Em All may refer to:
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- 1 2 3 Palmer, Roy (1990). What a Lovely War: British Soldiers' Songs from the Boer War to the Present Day. M. Joseph. p. 142. ISBN 9780718133573.
- ↑ "Bless 'Em All page". Bless ’Em All: The Songs of Fred Godfrey. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ Stanley, Bob (2022). Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571320264.
- 1 2 Cleveland, Les (1984). "Soldiers' Songs: The Folklore of the Powerless". Buffalo State University. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ Irwin, Colin (2006). Sing When You're Winning. Andre Deutsch. p. 138. ISBN 978-0233001845.
- 1 2 Chain Lightning at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 1 2 Twelve O'Clock High at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ↑ O'Sullivan, Kevin (ndg) "De Valera, black flour and the Emergency or, tings I lernt over de Christmas" Archived 2017-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Pue's Occurrences
- ↑ Lyrics in Fehrenbach, T. R. (1963) This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, 1998 reprint, ISBN 1-57488-161-2
- ↑ Irwin, Colin (2006). Sing When You're Winning. Andre Deutsch. pp. 137–139`. ISBN 978-0233001845.
