Evelyn Southwell in France - 5 August, 1916
from Two Men: A Memoir, page 273:
Incredibly good concert in the orchard last night. One Baynes (late C.U.B.C.; he rowed against me) is now our M.O., and very remarkable he is: he is one of those men who sing like birds, and swim, and dive (WITH somersaults), and do a lot of shouting, and are very good, in fine. You should have heard him take 300 men clean off their feet with 'Songs of Araby' last night; an old, old friend, of course, but I never saw it so effective. Nor any one so priceless as the modern R.F.C. man: he is perfectly immaculate, salutes all officers, and drills like a guardsman. He was much in request at the… more >>
Hugh Howson, Two Men: A Memoir (), p. 273. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435577123675 accessed: 30 October, 2024
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I'll sing thee songs of Araby
written by W.G. Willis, Frederic Clay |
performed by Baynes |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 5 August, 1916 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Evelyn Southwell to H.E.E. Howson (6th Aug 1916)