McDermott’s War Song performed by Robin Hunter

Written by in 1878 and originally performed by G.H. McDermott who was one of the biggest stars of the Victorian English music hall. He performed under the name of The Great MacDermott, and was well known for his rousing rendition of this war song he was persuaded to buy from G. W. Hunt for one guinea. The song’s chorus of “We don’t want to fight but by jingo if we do, We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, and got the money too!“ introduced the word jingoism into the English language. Here it is sung, in his own inimitable style, by the great Robin Hunter. It was recorded in Hoxton Hall in 1991 for the aba daba Music Hall company. The pianist is David Wykes.