Mario Lanza - Roses of Picardy

Mario Lanza’s voice accompanied with photos and paintings appropriate to the song lyrics tell the story of a WW1 British soldier who falls in love with a French woman while on duty in Picardy, France. The song lyrics were written by British officer Frederick E. Weatherley and the music by Haydn Wood in 1916. “The song was invariably sung by British soldiers who had left behind a sweetheart when they enlisted (or were conscripted) for the Front in France and Flanders. However, the song was written by