Do you know any good composers of battle songs and scores?

6 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 9, The Battle of Spion Kop classic radio program.

You can hear this line at 00:12:22 in the radio play.

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- Patience sir, patience. We have here Lieutenant Seagoon who will proceed to give us the reasons for the disaster.

- Thank you, Honourable Members.

- The reason for it flopping was obvious... There isn't one decent song in the whole battle.

- But soldier fellow, the Battle of Spion Kop isn't a musical you know!

- And that's where we went wrong.

- If the Americans had been running it, they'd have had Rex Harrison, and the other wrecks.

- Do you know any good composers of battle songs and scores?

- Just by chance and careful planning, I have an Auntie in Grimsby who sits amongst the cabbages and plays an elastic water tank under supervision.

(Audience laughter and applause) (2)

- I didn't know there were any of her kind left, you know.

- Now off you go and tell your auntie the good news.

- Ohh, dear... There... Now that's got the spoons in fine-spoons fettle Min.

[...]

The Goon Show Sound Clip

The Goon Show RadioQuotes with sound clips from The Goon Show radio comedy programme produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Bloodnok / Bluebottle/ Grytpype-Thynne), Spike Milligan (Eccles / Minnie Bannister), Harry Secombe (Neddie Seagoon)

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