War Song

British  war songs are  musical compositions that relates to war, the time around the war and society’s attitudes towards war. They may be pro-war, anti-war, or simply a description of everyday life during war times.

It is possible to classify these songs by historical, conflict:

• First World War songs
• Second World War songs

There is also a miscellaneous category of recruiting songs, anti-pacifist songs, complaints about mess rations, excessive drilling and so on.