{"id":19370,"date":"2023-03-28T09:33:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=19370"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:24:40","slug":"here-we-are-here-we-are-here-we-are-again","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/here-we-are-here-we-are-here-we-are-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Here we are! Here we are! Here we are again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1914<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Charles Knight and Kenneth Lyle<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN10778<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Mark Sheridan<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
WW1 Troops<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The poets since the war began have written lots of things\nAbout our gallant soldier lads which no one ever sings\nAlthough the words are very good, the lilt they seem to miss\nBut Tommy likes a tricky song, a song that goes like this.\n\nHere we are, here we are, here we are again\nThere's Pat and Mac, and Tommy and Jack and Joe\nWhen there's trouble brewing, when there's something doing\nAre we down hearted? NO, let them all come\nHere we are, here we are, here we are again\nFit and well and feeling as right as rain\nNever mind the weather, now then, all together\nHello, Hello, here we are again.<\/em>\n\nWhen Tommy went across the sea to bear the battle's brunt\nOf course he sang this little song while marching to the front\nAnd when he's walking through Berlin, he'll sing the anthem still\nHe'll shove a 'woodbine' on and say, 'How are you Uncle Bill?'\n\nAnd when the boys have finished up with Herman and with Max\nAnd when the enemy's got it where the chicken got the axe\nThe girls will all be waiting midst the cheering and the din\nTo hear their sweethearts singing, 'As the ship come sailing in\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A marching song from 1914 when songwriters were churning out jolly recruitment songs to encourage men to sign up to fight in the war. This one was a big hit for Mark Sheridan<\/a>, who introduced it into his act in October 1914. The song was widely sung by the troops themselves, though they often changed the words – this version appeared in Tommy’s Tunes, <\/em>a collection of soldiers’ songs first published immediately after the war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Here we are, Here we are, Here we are again,
Here we are, Here we are, Here we are again, 
We beat them on the Marne
And whacked them on the Aisne,
We smashed them up at Neuve Chapelle
And we’re ready here again.<\/p>\nTommy’s Tunes<\/a> (1917), p45<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Sheridan did record the song, and a recording or download of this song can be purchased from Windyridge CDs.<\/a> Here it is as recorded by Frederick Wheeler in approximately 1915:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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