A Song of the Guns: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Song of the Guns by Gilbert Frankau: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 10 original MP3 tracks, 27:45 running time and a link to listen.
A Song of the Guns, credited to Gilbert Frankau, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Song of the Guns by Gilbert Frankau. Read in English by Nemo "A Song of the Guns was written under what are probably the most remarkable conditions in which a poem has ever been composed. The author, who is now serving in Flanders, was present at the battle of Loos, and during a lull in the fighting--when the gunners, who had been sleepless for five nights, were resting like tired dogs under their guns--he jotted down the main theme of the poem. After the battle the artillery brigade to which he was attached was ordered to Ypres, and it was during the long trench warfare in this district, within sight of the ruined tower of Ypres Cathedral, that the poem was finally completed. The last three stanzas were written at midnight in Brigade Headquarters with the German shells screaming over into the ruined town." - Summary by Publisher's Note
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Song of the Guns
- Author credits: Gilbert Frankau
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 10
- Listed recording duration: 27:45
Catalogue topics
- WWI
- war poetry
Track guide
- 00 - Publisher's Note — 1:36
- 01 - A Song of the Guns — 1:54
- 02 - The Voice of the Slaves — 0:41
- 03 - Headquarters — 2:26
- 04 - Gun-Teams — 3:00
- 05 - Eyes in the Air — 3:36
- 06 - Signals — 2:42
- 07 - The Observers — 3:28
- 08 - Ammunition Column — 3:06
- 09 - The Voice of the Guns — 5:15
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