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Ranger Man stated before that he has an interest not only in survivalism, but in the history of survivalism. I showed you Cold War Era Survival Seeds, let me show you another piece of interest - Cold War sheet music! Scope this old school action - “Shelter Lullaby” - apparently this was music one would play to the little ones as the air raid sirens go off and everyone huddles inside the family bunker / shelter. Craaaaaazy! Look at the fear on the poor kids’ faces:
And the music:
The lyrics:
Somewhere there are sleeping little children,
Where there are no pillows for their bed;
Tiny frowns are on their lovely faces,
Men with wings are rushing over head.O dear God, please send to little children
Dreams where only angels softly tread;
For they were born in image of the Christ-Child,
Like Him who had no place to lay His head.Bye, oh baby, bye, oh baby, bye;
Bye, oh baby, bye, oh baby, bye.
That’s whacked! Imagine having to sing the kiddos a bunker lullaby song as you sit in the dark underground waiting for the rumble of bombs . . . sketchy! Thank God I’ve never had to do that; hopefully I never will.
Back cover:
- Ranger Man
4 responses so far ↓
1 ryan // Jan 27, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I think I would make a different choice in music to sing with my children while we ran for the bunker. Speaking of that I can really use a bunker. The bright side of that is I can do most if not all of the work myself. The down side is that it will not make sense to build one until I am going to be in a house for a long time. That will not happen anytime in the next decade or two depending on how the Active Duty gig goes for me.
2 Michael Boone // Jan 28, 2008 at 11:17 am
We are linked to you! Hang in there and keep up the war on ignorance. Someday we will be appeciated. But that will come later. I m new at this blogging thing but I will get better.
Michael
3 Commander Zero // Jan 28, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Dude, if you like the little historical nuggets from the heyday of the COld War and its backyard-bunker popularity you’ll love this:
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/shelsupp.html
A website dedicated to the old CD programs. Plus, the guy goes out and hunts down old fallout shelters to see if they still have any goodies. Read the section where he found an entire packaged hospital.
4 KC // Jan 28, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Ranger Man,
This is absolutely fantastic. It sounds like people back in the 40’s really had their collective ’stuff’ together, so much so that they were writting songs about it. My only gripe is the art, even back in the 40’s people would have had to know that a small sheepdog is in no way a good ‘bunker’ dog. If I was the illustrator, I would have put in either a German Sheppard, Belgan Malinois or a Rottweiler just for effect. That and a stout working breed is going to scare off the majority of people when they come to attempt to pry the lid off that bunker with the little ones inside.
KC
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