[78-L] Lusitania and other ships on record

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jul 8 11:34:39 PDT 2009


simmonssomer wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:39 AM
> Subject: [78-L] Lusitania and other ships on record
> 
> 
>> Bob Rice noted:
>>>  ESPECIALLY the 1908 version, considering she sank in 1912!! Would like 
>>> to
>>> hear THAT one? A clip,link, anyone/where?The 1908 Titanic version SHOULD
>>> be
>>> a collector's item???
>> Of course the 1911 version would be just as interesting and Nostradamian,
>> if there were such a thing!
>>
>>
>>>     The Lusitania, vocal NEVER mentioned WHY the Lucy sank? Submarine?
>>> Black hole???"American Ships that sail from our slips, are safer for you
>>> and
>>> me" A US~ian sales pitch for our mini Merchant Marine? The Lucy was set
>>> up!
>>> The Brits wanted US in the war, figguring that, correctly; " a Thousand 
>>> or
>>> more, who sailed from our shore, have gone to eternity" would get US into
>>> the war? They were right!
>> Sad but true...very few historians these days try to argue otherwise.  I'm
>> surprised that there were no more Lusitania songs recorded after the US
>> entered the war in 1917.  I would be very interested if anyone has seen 
>> any
>> such thing.  I have a few pieces of sheet music about the "Lucy" but they
>> were all issued close to the May 1915 sinking.
>>
>> While we're on the subject,  can anyone add to my list of other ship
>> disaster songs?  I have records about the Titanic,  Lusitania,  Vestris 
>> and
>> Morro Castle...any more from pre-1940?
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>> Taylor
>>
> Let's hear it for "The Zimmerman Rag"
> 
> Al S.
> 
> _______________________________________________
Or the Zimmermann Telegram?

      Julian Vein


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