All Aboard for Home Sweet Home
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Title | All Aboard for Home Sweet Home |
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Lyricist | Burkhart, Addison |
Publisher | Al. Piantadosi Co. Inc. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-03-06 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Comment | A minor success in spring 1918, this song had a second, bigger surge in popularity after the armistice. In both cases it was heard primarily in recordings and piano rolls, some of which were made even before copyright was registered. It was not widely used in vaudeville, but it was incorporated in a soldiers’ show in December 1918. By April 1919 it had faded from view. |
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Musical Note | This is a march song (marked “marcia”), with a walking bass, rat-a-tat-tat rhythms and fanfare fills; but the sentiment and the fermata before the last phrase slightly suggest a march ballad. The first phrase of “Home Sweet Home” is quoted twice, with lyric references as well, and “The Girl I Left Behind Me” is quoted in the lyrics only. |
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Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | March song |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Artist | Starmer [William and Frederick] |
Cover Description | At bottom, on a dock, troops in formation marching up a gangplank onto a troop ship; wagon and artillery waiting to be loaded; above, center, Statue of Liberty, in a cloud; BL, oval photographic inset of Mel Klee. Tan monochrome; signed BR. |
Back Cover Description | Wrought-iron-style frame enclosing the whole. Bottom: Slogans: “Save! Save! / Food will win the war / Buy war saving stamps”. Center: sample, Oh Moon of the Summer Night (1918 05 11). |
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Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_018 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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