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Good-bye Broadway, Hello France

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Title
Good-bye Broadway, Hello France - Lyrics
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Reisner, C. Francis  
  • Davis, Benny  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France! Verse: Goodbye 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: Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye 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 goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We’re going to square our debt to you. Verse: Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea. We’re united in this fight for liberty. France sent us a soldier, brave LaFayette, Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget. Now that we have the chance, We’ll pay our debt to France. Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye sweethearts, wives and mothers, It won’t take us long. Don’t you worry while we’re there, It’s you we’re fighting for, So goodbye Broadway, Hello Fran
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_231
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Good-bye Broadway, Hello France
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Davis, Benny  
  • Reisner, C. Francis  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-06-26
Lyrics
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France! Verse: Goodbye 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: Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye 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 goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We’re going to square our debt to you. Verse: Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea. We’re united in this fight for liberty. France sent us a soldier, brave LaFayette, Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget. Now that we have the chance, We’ll pay our debt to France. Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye sweethearts, wives and mothers, It won’t take us long. Don’t you worry while we’re there, It’s you we’re fighting for, So goodbye Broadway, Hello Fran
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_231
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleGood-bye Broadway, Hello France
ComposerBaskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Davis, Benny  
  • Reisner, C. Francis  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-06-26
LyricsGoodbye Broadway, Hello France! Verse: Goodbye 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: Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye 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 goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We’re going to square our debt to you. Verse: Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea. We’re united in this fight for liberty. France sent us a soldier, brave LaFayette, Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget. Now that we have the chance, We’ll pay our debt to France. Refrain: Goodbye *Broadway, Hello France. We’re ten million strong Goodbye sweethearts, wives and mothers, It won’t take us long. Don’t you worry while we’re there, It’s you we’re fighting for, So goodbye Broadway, Hello Fran
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_231
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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