Only One of the Toys, described on its sheet music as a ‘pathetic soldier song’, was written by Mark Erickson and P.

When We March Through Berlin Town is a jaunty tune clearly aimed to lift the spirits the troops and encourage men to enlist.

The songs sung by music hall artists during the First World War were often filled with war fever and patriotism.

Only a Sinner was written and recorded some years before the First World War.

This light-hearted recruitment tune composed in 1915 by Tom Mellor and Harry Gifford was a British wartime hit and claimed a uniform was all it took to attract 'nice' girls

Written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick and first performed in1878, Advance Australia Fair was officially declared the national anthem by the Governor-Genera

Written and composed by English music hall writers Harry Castling and Harry Carlton,The Tanks that Broke the Ranks, was a popular music hall song celebrating the first use of tan

Sons of Australia was written by prolific English music hall composer Felix McGlennon in 1900, during the Second Boer War.

Prior to radio, songs were largely heard performed in music halls. People would then visit music shops to purchase the sheet music of tunes they liked.

This 1915 recording of If England wants a Hand, Well, Here It Is is sung by Harrison Latimer.