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Song Name: Corporal Clegg Artist: Pink Floyd Album: A Saucerful Of Secrets, A Nice Pair, Shine On Run Time: 4:12 Year: 1968 Track Number: 4 Sung By: David Gilmour, Nick Mason Written By: Roger Waters Info: * This song also marks the vocal debut of drummer Nick Mason on the fade-out. David Gilmour also plays the kazoo on this song. The inventor of the kazoo was named Thaddeus von Clegg, which is perhaps why they chose to name the title character Clegg. * The song is about a soldier who lost his leg in World War II, and his apparently alcoholic wife. It is the first mention of war in a Pink Floyd song, something that would become a common theme in Roger Waters' lyrics, Roger having lost his father Eric in World War II. * The only other released Pink Floyd song that Nick Mason perfo

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  • Song Name: Corporal Clegg Artist: Pink Floyd Album: A Saucerful Of Secrets, A Nice Pair, Shine On Run Time: 4:12 Year: 1968 Track Number: 4 Sung By: David Gilmour, Nick Mason Written By: Roger Waters Info: * This song also marks the vocal debut of drummer Nick Mason on the fade-out. David Gilmour also plays the kazoo on this song. The inventor of the kazoo was named Thaddeus von Clegg, which is perhaps why they chose to name the title character Clegg. * The song is about a soldier who lost his leg in World War II, and his apparently alcoholic wife. It is the first mention of war in a Pink Floyd song, something that would become a common theme in Roger Waters' lyrics, Roger having lost his father Eric in World War II. * The only other released Pink Floyd song that Nick Mason perfo
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  • Song Name: Corporal Clegg Artist: Pink Floyd Album: A Saucerful Of Secrets, A Nice Pair, Shine On Run Time: 4:12 Year: 1968 Track Number: 4 Sung By: David Gilmour, Nick Mason Written By: Roger Waters Info: * This song also marks the vocal debut of drummer Nick Mason on the fade-out. David Gilmour also plays the kazoo on this song. The inventor of the kazoo was named Thaddeus von Clegg, which is perhaps why they chose to name the title character Clegg. * The song is about a soldier who lost his leg in World War II, and his apparently alcoholic wife. It is the first mention of war in a Pink Floyd song, something that would become a common theme in Roger Waters' lyrics, Roger having lost his father Eric in World War II. * The only other released Pink Floyd song that Nick Mason performed a lead vocal on was One of These Days.
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