Jos Slovick performed the folk song in 1917, but it isn't included in the film's soundtrack. "The Wayfaring Stranger" symbolizes the soldiers' struggles in the film and adds to the nationalistic narrative of World War I. Fans petitioned for an official version of the song featuring Jos Slovick.

The climax of 1917, the World War I epic directed and co-written by Sam Mendes, features a heart-wrenching scene in the woods when a soldier from the last wave of the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment sings a folk song to his fellow soldiers. While the tune can be heard briefly within the official trailer for 1917 and within this single scene in the woods, the folk song isn't featured on the film's soundtrack. Consequently, its mystery has generated some interest in the music itself and the artist who performs it.

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1917 stars George MacKay...