{"id":415,"date":"2023-06-15T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2023-06-15T09:14:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:14:21","slug":"when-very-lights-are-shining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/when-very-lights-are-shining\/","title":{"rendered":"When Very Lights Are Shining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First World War Songs From The Trenches. When Very Lights Are Shining\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b8TiexO8nNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sung To The Tune &#8220;When Irish Eyes Are Smiling&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When Very lights are shining,<br \/>\nSure they&#8217;re like the morning light<br \/>\nAnd when the guns begin to thunder<br \/>\nYou can hear the angel&#8217;s shite.<br \/>\nThen the Maxims start to chatter<br \/>\nAnd trench mortars send a few,<br \/>\nAnd when Very lights are shining<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis time for a rum issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When Very lights are shining<br \/>\nSure &#8217;tis like the morning dew,<br \/>\nAnd when shells begin a bursting<br \/>\nIt makes you think your times come too.<br \/>\nAnd when you start advancing<br \/>\nFive nines and gas comes through,<br \/>\nSure when Very lights are shining<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis rum or lead for you.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;Very Light&#8221; is a rocket fired from a brass pistol and used at night in the front line to illuminate No Man&#8217;s Land so that sentries could be sure the enemy were not approaching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sung To The Tune &#8220;When Irish Eyes Are Smiling&#8221; When Very lights are shining, Sure they&#8217;re like the morning light And when the guns begin to thunder You can hear the angel&#8217;s shite. Then the Maxims start to chatter And trench mortars send a few, And when Very lights are shining &#8216;Tis time for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}