Your King and Country Want You

Several different recruiting songs with the name "Your King and Country Want/Need You" were popularised in Britain at the beginning of the First World War.

Your King and Country Want You with words and music by Paul Rubens was published in London at the start of the war in 1914 by Chappell Music.

[1] It was written as a "Woman's Recruiting Song" to be sung with the intention of persuading men to volunteer to fight in the War.

Profits from its sale were given to "Queen Mary's Work for Women Fund";[1] the song raised over half a million pounds for the fund.

[2] The song lyrics were written to be sung by a woman, but alternative words could be used (listed in brackets) if sung by a man or by a mixed ensemble.