Celtic Story: "1924" by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

Jonny Dyer emailed me a couple weeks ago with a new song and story. Here's what he wrote: A setting of a  poem written by a Mr M Edgerley wh

Jonny Dyer emailed me a couple weeks ago with a new song and story. Here's what he wrote:

A setting of a  poem written by a Mr M Edgerley which he submitted to The Observer (Queensland, Australia) in 1924.

The poem is titled “A Returned Soldier’s Lament”

I’ve renamed the song 1924 partly because I have made small changes to the text  -  and have added a verse,  but also the date is really significant to the meaning of the words.  The poem references WW1 from that date: being 6 years after the war ended, 9 years after the majority of the ANZAC troops joined the war and 8 years after their greatest involvement and losses both at Gallipoli and all along the Western front.

Oh  -  and it’s going to be on our next duo album that will be out sometime this year.  Caveat warning, however; -   we’re so busy doing a load of other things  -  including the beginnings of a new Purcells Polyphonic Party album as well as festivals and folk clubs and recording for TV and games…. that any plan for launching is going to have to be quite  vague.

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "1924"