1915: They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles (Phonographic Yearbook Series)

25 songs from 1915, the year submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania hit the news. Popular songs included the American Quartet's "On the 5:15," Billy Murray's "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along," Al Jolson's "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers," and one of the most famous war protest songs of all, "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" includes a 24-page full-color booklet featuring an essay on American relief efforts in Belgium, the Lusitania and the push to war, discographical information on the records, notes on the songs, and rare images and photographs.