Oh What a Lovely War

• Original London Production (1963)
  London, England
• Broadway Production (1964)
  New York, NY
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  European Tour (1965)
  unknown location
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  Arena Stage Production (1966)
  Washington, D.C.
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  Regional Production (1966)
  Mineola, NY
• Film Version (1969)
  unknown location
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  Royal National Theatre Production (1998)
  London, England
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  Workshop (2005)
  New York, NY
• London Revival (2014)
  unknown location

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• Original score

  • Row Row Row
  • We don't want to lose you
    • a.k.a. We Don't Want to Lose You
    • a.k.a. We Don't Want to Lose You (Your King and Country Want You)
    • a.k.a. Your King and Country Want You
  • Belgium put the Kibosh on the Kaiser
    • a.k.a. Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser
  • Medley ? Are we downhearted, It's a long way to TIpperary, Hold your hand out Naughty Boy
  • I'll make a man of you
    • a.k.a. I'll Make a Man of You
  • Pack up your troubles
    • a.k.a. Pack Up Your Troubles
    • a.k.a. Pack Up Your Troubles (in Your Old Kit Bag)
  • Hitchykoo
    • a.k.a. Hitchy Koo
    • a.k.a. Itchykoo
  • Heilige nacht
    • a.k.a. Heilige Nacht
    • a.k.a. Silent Night
  • Christmas day in the cookhouse
    • a.k.a. Christmas Day in the Cookhouse
  • Goodbye?ee
    • a.k.a. Good Byee
  • Oh What a Lovely War
    • a.k.a. Oh It's a Lovely War
    • a.k.a. Oh! It's a Lovely War
  • Gassed last night
    • a.k.a. Gassed Last Night
  • Roses of Picardy
  • Hush here comes a Whizzbang
  • There's a long long trail
    • a.k.a. There's a Long Long Trail
  • I don't want to be a soldier
    • a.k.a. I Don't Want to Be a Soldier
  • Kaiser Bill
  • They were only playing leapfrog
    • a.k.a. They Were Only Playing Leapfrog
  • Old soldiers never die
  • If you want the old batallion
    • a.k.a. If You Want the Old Batallion
  • If the sergeant steals your rum
    • a.k.a. If the Sergeant Steals Your Rum
  • Far far from wipers
    • a.k.a. Far Far From Wipers
  • I wore a tunic
    • a.k.a. I Wore a Tunic
    • a.k.a. I Wore a Tunic (When You Wore a Tulip)
  • Forward Joe Soap's Army
    • a.k.a. Joe Soap's Army
  • Fred Karno's Army
  • When this lousy war is over
    • a.k.a. When This Lousy War Is Over
  • Wash me in the water
    • a.k.a. Wash Me in the Water
  • I want to go home
    • a.k.a. I Want to Go Home
  • The Bells of Hell
  • Keep the home fires burning
    • a.k.a. Keep the Home Fires Burning
  • Sister Susie's sewing shirts
    • a.k.a. Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts
  • Finale (Chanson de Craonne / I don't want to be a soldier / And when they ask us)
    • a.k.a. Finale: Chanson de Craonne / I don't want to be a soldier / And when they ask us

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• Added to 1969 film version

  • Adieu La Vie
  • Over There
  • Never Mind
  • Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire

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• Listed as a separate number in some productions and on some recordings

  • Are we downhearted
    • a.k.a. Are We Downhearted?
  • It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  • Hold your hand out Naughty Boy
    • a.k.a. Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy
  • Chanson de Craonne
    • a.k.a. La chanson de Craonne
  • And when they ask us
    • a.k.a. They Didn't Believe Me
    • a.k.a. They didn't believe me

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• No demos listed.

Based on a treatment by Ted Allan which was based on The Donkeys by Alan Clark, with some scenes adapted from The Good Soldier Švejk by Czech humorist Jaroslav Hašek

The horrors of World War I are depicted through period songs and words borrowed from official records, war memoirs, and personal recollections.

The material in the show is based on World War I factual data found in official records, memoirs and commentaries including those of the Imperial War Museum, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Gen. Erich Ludendorff, Field Marshal Graf von Schlieffen, Marshal Joffre, Field Marshal Earl Haig, Field Marshal Sir John French, Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, Philip Noel-Baker, Alan Clark, Engelbracht and Hanighen, Siegfried Sassoon, Sir Philip Gibbs, Edmund Blunden, Leon Wolff, Captain Liddell Hart, Barbara Tuchman, Herman Kahn, the London newspapers Times and Daily Express.

• Oh! What a Lovely War (Film title)
• Oh, What a Lovely War (Title on first issue of original London cast recording)