Oh What a Lovely War

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

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Row Row Row
• We don't want to lose you
  • aka We Don't Want to Lose You [no note]
  • aka We Don't Want to Lose You (Your King and Country Want You) [no note]
  • aka Your King and Country Want You [no note]
• Belgium put the Kibosh on the Kaiser
  • aka Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser [no note]
• Medley ? Are we downhearted, It's a long way to TIpperary, Hold your hand out Naughty Boy
• I'll make a man of you
  • aka I'll Make a Man of You [no note]
• Pack up your troubles
  • aka Pack Up Your Troubles [no note]
  • aka Pack Up Your Troubles (in Your Old Kit Bag) [no note]
• Hitchykoo
  • aka Hitchy Koo [Title on cast recording]
  • aka Itchykoo [Title in London program, at least during Wyndham's run]
• Heilige nacht
  • aka Heilige Nacht [no note]
  • aka Silent Night [no note]
• Christmas day in the cookhouse
  • aka Christmas Day in the Cookhouse [no note]
• Goodbye?ee
  • aka Good Byee [no note]
• Oh What a Lovely War
  • aka Oh It's a Lovely War [Title listed on original cast recording]
  • aka Oh! It's a Lovely War [Title listed on film aoundtrack LP]
• Gassed last night
  • aka Gassed Last Night [no note]
• Roses of Picardy
• Hush here comes a Whizzbang
• There's a long long trail
  • aka There's a Long Long Trail [no note]
• I don't want to be a soldier
  • aka I Don't Want to Be a Soldier [no note]
• Kaiser Bill
• They were only playing leapfrog
  • aka They Were Only Playing Leapfrog [no note]
• Old soldiers never die
• If you want the old batallion
  • aka If You Want the Old Batallion [no note]
• If the sergeant steals your rum
  • aka If the Sergeant Steals Your Rum [no note]
• Far far from wipers
  • aka Far Far From Wipers [no note]
• I wore a tunic
  • aka I Wore a Tunic [no note]
  • aka I Wore a Tunic (When You Wore a Tulip) [no note]
• Forward Joe Soap's Army
  • aka Joe Soap's Army [Title on original London cast recording]
• Fred Karno's Army
• When this lousy war is over
  • aka When This Lousy War Is Over [no note]
• Wash me in the water
  • aka Wash Me in the Water [no note]
• I want to go home
  • aka I Want to Go Home [no note]
• The Bells of Hell
• Keep the home fires burning
  • aka Keep the Home Fires Burning [no note]
• Sister Susie's sewing shirts
  • aka Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts [no note]
• Finale (Chanson de Craonne / I don't want to be a soldier / And when they ask us)
  • aka Finale: Chanson de Craonne / I don't want to be a soldier / And when they ask us [no note]

Added to 1969 film version

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

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

• Are we downhearted
  • aka Are We Downhearted? [no note]
• It's a Long Way to Tipperary
• Hold your hand out Naughty Boy
  • aka Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy [no note]
• Chanson de Craonne
  • aka La chanson de Craonne [no note]
• And when they ask us
  • aka They Didn't Believe Me [no note]
  • aka They didn't believe me [no note]

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.

Almost everything in the show was actually written or spoken between 1914 and 1918.

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