Six copies of The Munition Workers Song, 1916, by Kathleen Bruckshaw

Six copies of illustrated original sheet music titled 'The Munition Workers Song' (six pages). Words and music by Kathleen Bruckshaw, published June 1916. The arrangement was originally sung by Robert Radford. The sheet music also fetaures a black and white photographic portrait of Bruckshaw. The Munition Workers' Song was written during the First World War in support of the women working in British factories to supply weapons and ammunition to the troops.

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