[Medley Song Lyrics]

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Lyrics for a medley sung during the WOAI prisoner of war radio broadcast. The medley uses lyrics from several popular songs including "In the Evening by the Moonlight", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Down by the Old Mill Stream", "I Want a Girl", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "Honey, Honey, Bless Your Heart", and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose". The lyrics have been taped to another sheet of paper, upon which the text "No. 4" has been written at the top of the page.

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[1] p. ; 27 cm.

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Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; Taylor, Tell; Dillon, William Austin; Whitson, Beth Slater & Mahoney, Jack January 17, 1947.

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Lyrics for a medley sung during the WOAI prisoner of war radio broadcast. The medley uses lyrics from several popular songs including "In the Evening by the Moonlight", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Down by the Old Mill Stream", "I Want a Girl", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "Honey, Honey, Bless Your Heart", and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose". The lyrics have been taped to another sheet of paper, upon which the text "No. 4" has been written at the top of the page.

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[1] p. ; 27 cm.

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Col. Nicoll F. Galbraith, Sr., 1896-1986, served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1950. He was married to Leila W. Galbraith. At the beginning of World War II, Galbraith served as the logistics officer in the Philippines under General Douglas MacArthur and Major General Jonathan Wainwright. Galbraith helped to defend the Bataan peninsula from Japanese attack from December 1941 until the surrender of the island in May 1942. He survived the Bataan Death March and remained a prisoner of war until liberation by Russian forces in Manchuria in August 1945.

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[Prisoner of War Radio Broadcast Script] (Script)

[Prisoner of War Radio Broadcast Script]

Script for a WOAI broadcast with singers of the Fourth Army, performing songs they sang while interred in Japanese Prisoner of War camps. The broadcast included performances of the songs that the servicemen sang while imprisoned and discussions on the music they sang and the conditions in the Prisoner of War Camps.

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  • January 17, 1947

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Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; Taylor, Tell; Dillon, William Austin; Whitson, Beth Slater & Mahoney, Jack. [Medley Song Lyrics], poem, January 17, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1836672/: accessed November 16, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

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