tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816955256931900850.post8883494514993987693..comments2024-01-04T05:04:43.034-08:00Comments on usedbuyer2.0: A Recantation, by Rudyard Kiplingusedbuyer 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08909335300273240931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816955256931900850.post-34437314189772016302010-06-23T23:24:22.332-07:002010-06-23T23:24:22.332-07:00Perhaps I'm wrong -- marie Lloyd and the music...Perhaps I'm wrong -- marie Lloyd and the music halls haven't featured much in my experience -- but the story of the poem I remember, or so I thought, from a biography of Kipling. If I'm wrong, I apologize to those who know better. Perhaps this is just one of those apocryphal stories so likely to attach themselves to war. It is a good story, though, which of course is not to say it is true, is it?usedbuyer 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08909335300273240931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816955256931900850.post-14695673598632421292010-06-16T02:17:24.452-07:002010-06-16T02:17:24.452-07:00I thought Marie Lloyd only had one child? A daught...I thought Marie Lloyd only had one child? A daughter also called Marie Lloyd. Where are you getting this information about a son from? There was something on wikipedia about it, but that was unreferenced and the wiki article actually says in a different section that she only had one child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816955256931900850.post-48867621067627426212010-04-14T08:48:00.141-07:002010-04-14T08:48:00.141-07:00Although Marie Lloyd did sing a recruiting song at...Although Marie Lloyd did sing a recruiting song at the beginning of the war (including such lyrics as "I didn't like you much before you joined the army, John, but I do like you cocky now you've got your khaki on"), this was the only directly pro-war she sang. Unlike several other music hall stars of the time, she did not go full on to jingoismJohn Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.com