Talk:Two Little Boys

message: The first time I heard this song was on the album Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall by The Country Gentlemen 1962, and have always believed the song was refering to the American Civil War. Why would two American songwriters be refering to the Napoleonic Wars? Thanks, Lion King (talk) 17:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Napoleonic battlefield?

message: The article says Thatcher chose Harris's version on Desert Island Discs.  But a video clip on this BBC page says Thatcher was appearing on BBC Radio Blackburn.  (That's despite the text of the page alluding to Desert Island Discs with "... other politicians' desert island picks").  Was Desert Island Discs produced in Blackburn?  I am adding "citation needed".  Open4D (talk) 16:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thatcher / Desert Island Discs 

message: I was told by my father around the time of the original Rolf Harris release that this song actually referred to John Grant Malcolmson. The story of how he won his VC in 1857 does bear a striking resemblance to the song. John Malcolmson's head-dress, sword and sword belt were in Jack Malcolmson's office which then became my father's (Graham F. Bond) office when he took over as MD of Sarsons Vinegar. I remember seeing them there as a young boy. They are now in the Imperial War museum in London. Perhaps the connection with the song was wishful thinking but he certainly believed it. To further confuse this, there are numerous John and James (abbr to Jack) Malcolmsons in the Malcolmson family tree though arriving at Jack and Joe from this is perhaps a stretch. And the uniform of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry seems to have been predominantly blue. (card 15 here)
jbond (talk) 17:09, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another take on this. 

message: According to www.civilwarpoetry.org : "... Whatever else can or can't be said about the song, it's fairly safe to assume that it did not originate during and was not written about the War Between the States." This is a site dedicated to poetry & music from & about this war - they don't think 'Two Little Boys' qualifies. Gwladys24 (talk) 20:59, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Civil War? 

message: In Trainspotting (1996), the character Spud, played by Ewen Bremner, sings Two Little Boys at Tommy's funeral. 50.242.146.241 (talk) 07:51, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  In popular culture 

message: It is often repeated that Harry Lauder performed "Two Little Boys", but in researching the song for my own purposes I haven't found any reference
that definitely links him to the song. 
I don't mean a recent, passing mention (as in the first paragraph of this article) but something from, say, the early 1900s, or even from the following years of his performing career. I am not a world expert on Harry Lauder, but I have searched thoroughly without success. 
I'm guessing that someone here can point to a discography listing, or an early review, news story or advertisement, or sheet music, or a label shot.. or something. 
It's possible that he performed it but never recorded it, which makes it harder (Brian Rust's Complete entertainment discography, from the mid-1890s to 1942, for example, doesn't list it), but the only mentions of Lauder and "Two Little Boys" together that I've found are in latter-day, unsourced contexts. It's not usually so hard to connect a song to a performer, especially if the performer is so well known.
For example, I can find no mention of "Two Little Boys" in the large collection of images of sheet music, song books and theatre programs at sirharrylauder.com. A site search shows that it isn't mentioned at this comprehensive website (in the words of Google : No results found for site:sirharrylauder.com "two little boys").
I have researched the song for a page at my own website, but I would love to be able to add a reference in the text here. 
Lyn50 (talk) 22:45, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added "citation needed" tag after sentence mentioning Harry Lauder. Lyn50 (talk) 12:06, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed mention of Harry Lauder Lyn50 (talk) 02:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harry Lauder? 

message: :Two Little Boys →  – WP:NOPT. Jax 0677 (talk) 23:32, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If consensus were to prefer Two Little Boys → Two Little Boys (Billy Murray song), I would revise my support vote to that alternative option. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 18:54, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 May 2024