"Lay Down Your Arms" is a 1956 popular song with music by Ake Gerhard and Leon Landgren and lyrics by Gerhard (original "Ann-Caroline" Swedish) and Paddy Roberts (English). In the United States, the biggest hit version was recorded by The Chordettes, reaching #16 on the Billboard magazine charts. In the United Kingdom, Anne Shelton had the biggest hit, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Another UK version was recorded by Billie Anthony.
The song was also used in a television play called Lay Down Your Arms, which was screened on British television on 23 May 1970. The play, written by Dennis Potter and directed by Kenith Trodd, was set during the Suez crisis of 1956.