“Sheet Music”
The Fun/Colorful Propaganda
In The Great War
Dale C. Schilling
The Great War in Global Context
© Dale Shilling, 2010
Reaching Out to the Allies
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Lyrics:
While you are sleeping, Your France is weeping
Wake from your dreams, Maid of France.
Her heart is bleeding; Are you unheeding?
Come with the flame in your glance;
Through the Gates of Heaven, with your sword in hand,
Come your legions to command.
Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc,
Do your eyes, from the skies, see the foe?
Don't you see the drooping Fleur-de-lis?
Can't you hear the tears of Normandy?
Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc,
Let your spirit guide us through;
Come lead your France to victory;
Joan of Arc, they are calling you.
Alcace is sighing, Lorraine is crying,
Their mother, France, looks to you.
Her sons at Verdun; Bearing the burden,
Pray for your coming anew;
At the Gates of Heaven, do they bar your way?
Souls that passed through yesterday.
Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc,
Do your eyes, from the skies, see the foe?
Don't you see the drooping Fleur-de-lis?
Can't you hear the tears of Normandy?
Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc,
Let your spirit guide us through;
Come lead your France to victory;
Joan of Arc, they are calling you.
Reaching Out to the Allies
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We Are All Americans,
Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Words by Fannie Hodge Newman
Published 1918 by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son.
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[Verse 1]
O, Eng-land's full of Eng-lish-men
And France is full of French,
And It-a-ly has sons e-nough
To fill up ev-'ry trench;
But what are we a-cross the sea
Who come from all the earth
To the land that gives us free-dom,Though it did not give us birth?
O, we are all A-mer-i-cans,
And when we come a-way
From Eng-land, France and It-a-ly,
We swore we came to stay.
Reaching Out to the Allies
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Good-bye New York town, goodbye Miss
Liberty,
Your light of freedom will guide us across
the sea,
Ev'ry soldier's sweetheart bidding
goodbye,
Ev'ry soldier's mother drying her eye,
Cheer up we'll soon be there,
Singing this Yankee air:
Good-bye Broadway, Hello France,
We're ten million strong,
Good-bye sweethearts, wives and mothers;
It won't take us long,
Don't you worry while we're there;
It's for you we're fighting too,
So Good-bye Broadway, Hello France;
We're going to square our debt to
you.
Lyrics: C. Francis Reisner & Benny Davis
Music: Billy Baskette
Reaching Out to the Allies
• First Line:
• Rose of Belgium,
drooping so low, lift up
your head,
• First Line of Chorus:
• Belgian rose, my
drooping Belgian rose,
for ev'ry hour of sorrow
Reaching Out to the Allies
Playing the Patriotic Heart Strings
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When The Lusitania Went Down
Words and Music by Charles Mc Carron & Nat Vincent
Published 1915 by Leo. Feist, Inc.
[Verse 1]
The nation is sad as can be,
A message came over the sea,
A thousand or more, who sailed from our shore,
Have gone to eternity.
The Statue of Liberty high,
Must now have a tear in her eye,
I think it's a shame,
Some one is to blame,
But all we can do is just sigh!
[Chorus]
Some of us lost a true sweetheart,
Some of us lost a dear dad,
Some lost their mothers, sisters and brothers,
Some lost the best friends they had.
It's time they were stopping this warfare,
If women and children must drown,
Many brave hearts went to sleep in the deep,
When the Lusitania went down.
[Verse 2]
A lesson to all it should be,
When we feel like crossing the sea,
American ships, that sail from our slips,
Are safer for you and me.
A Yankee can go anywhere,
As long as Old Glory is there,
Altho' they were warned, The warning they scorned,
And now we must cry in despair;
[Repeat Chorus]
Playing Patriotic Heart Strings
Playing Patriotic Heart Strings
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Over There, Over There
Send the word, send the word,
Over There
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum tumming everywhere
So prepare, Say a Prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over, we're coming over.
And we won't be back till it's over
Over there!
Over There, Over There
Send the word, send the word,
Over There
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum tumming everywhere
So prepare, Say a Prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over, we're coming over.
And we won't be back till it's over
O Over there!
Composer: George M. Cohan
Playing Patriotic Heart Strings
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When You Come Back
And You Will Come Back, There's A whole World Waiting For You
Words and Music by George M. Cohan
Published 1918 by M. Whitmark & Sons.
[Verse 1]
From 'Frisco Bay to old Broadway,
Today all over the U.S.A.,
We know we're fighting the foe.
So we all stand steady and ready to go,
We know no fear we know no tear,
And all we hear is the Yankee cheer.
I hear a girlie say to her boy as he marched away:
When you come back, yes, when you come back,
You'll hear the Yankee cry, "Ata boy, Jack!"
And when you return remember to bring
Some little thing that you get from the king,
And drop me a line from Germany, Do,
Yankee Doodle, do;
When you come back, And you will come back,
There's the whole world waiting for you.
[Verse 2]
It's rum, tum, tum, the fife and drum,
So march in time for the time has come,
To smash right thru with a bang.
With the same old spirit when liberty rang,
To win, begin to rush right in,
And fly our flag over old Berlin.
Let's let our message be to the Yankee across the sea:
[Repeat Chorus]
Sentimental Songs
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Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land
When the gray shadows creep
And the world is asleep,
In the still of the night
Baby creeps down a flight.
First she looks all around
Without making a sound;
The baby toddles up to the telephone
And whispers in a baby tone:
"Hello, Central! Give me No Man's Land,
My daddy's there, my mamma told me;
She tip-toed off to bed
After my prayers were said;
Don't ring when you get the number,
Or you'll disturb mamma's slumber.
I'm afraid to stand here at the 'phone
'Cause I'm alone.
So won't you hurry;
I want to know why mamma starts to weep
When I say, 'Now I lay me down to sleep';
Hello, Central! Give me No Man's Land."
[Repeat]
Sentimental Songs
Sentimental Songs
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Don't Cry, Little Girl, Don't Cry
Words and Music by Maceo Pinkard
Published 1918 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
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[Verse 1]
Why are you looking so sad sweetheart,
Your heart is breaking it seems,
It's mighty hard you and I must part,
We only know what it means,
I long for a smile from you,
Although you are sad and blue.
[Chorus]
Don't cry little girl, don't cry,
Don't sigh, little girl, don't sigh,
Remember a smile,
Is always worthwhile,
When one comes to say "goodbye,"
Some day when your dreams come true,
They'll bring happy thoughts to you.
Your tears as they fall,
Hurt my heart most of all,
Please don't cry, little girl, don't cry.
[Verse 2]
Lift up your eyes and you'll see my dear,
I've saved a smile just for you,
I thought I'd wear it to say "goodbye,"
To one who has been so true,
Remember that tears are vain,
For we two shall meet again.
[Chorus]
Novelty Songs
• Title:
• If he can fight like he can
love, good night Germany!
• First Line:
• Little Mary's beau, said "I've
got to go, I must fight for
Uncle Sam
• First Line of Chorus:
• If he can fight like he can
love, oh, what a soldier
Novelty Songs
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Oh! how I hate to get up in the
morning,
Oh! how I'd love to remain in bed;
For the hardest blow of all,
Is to hear the bugler call:
You've got to get up,
You've got to get up this morning!
Some day I'm going to murder the
bugler,
Some day they're going to find him
dead;
I'll amputate his reville,
And step upon it heavily,
And spend the rest of my life in bed.
Composer: Irving Berlin
Novelty Songs
Novelty Songs
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K-K-K-Katy
Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold,
Katy was a maid with hair of gold,
Like an act of fate,
Kate was standing at the gate,
Watching all the boys while on parade.
Kate smiled, with a twinkle in her eye,
Jim said, m-m-m-meet ya by and by.
That night at eight,
Jim was at the garden gate,
Stuttering this song to K-K-K-Kate.
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy,
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore;
When the m-m-m-moon shines,
Over the c-c-c-cowshed,
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.
Novelty Songs
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Poor Johnny's heart went pitty pat, Somewhere in sunny
France He met a girl by chance with ze naughty naughty
glance, She looked just like a kitty kitty cat, She loved
to dance and play, Tho' he learned no French when he left
the trench, He knew well enough to say:
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Chorus
Wee Wee Marie, will you do zis for me Wee Wee Marie,
then I'll do zat for you, I love your eyes they make me feel
so spoony, You'll drive me loony, you're teasing me, Why
can't we parleyvous like other sweethearts do, I want a
kiss or two from Ma Cherie, Wee Wee Marie, if you'll
do zis for me Then I'll do zat for you, Wee Wee Marie.
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Second Verse
They walked along the boule boulevard, He whispered
"You for me, Some day in gay Paree I will make you
marry me", Just then a bunch of bully bully boys,
Threw kisses on the sly, Marie got wise when they rolled
their eyes, They sang as they passed her by.