1968Released
4:12

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Interesting facts and trivia about Corporal Clegg. By Songfacts®.

This 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.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason sang the lines, "He won it in the war... in orange red and blue... he's never been the same... and from her majesty the queen." It was Mason's only vocal contribution until Pink Floyd's sixth album, Meddle, in 1971.

The title "Corporal Clegg" was chosen as a reference to Thaddeus Von Clegg, the inventor of the kazoo, hence the section where kazoos are played.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Corporal Clegg.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
176BPM

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Pink Floyd Records
(P) 2016 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment

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