America, Here's My Boy
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Title | America, Here's My Boy |
Alternative Title | p. 2, top: "America, Here's My Boy" |
Composer | Lange, Arthur |
Lyricist | Sterling, Andrew B. [Benjamin] |
Publisher | New York : Joe Morris Music Co. |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-02-16 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | Appearing at the peak of the preparedness movement, as American entry into the war began to seem inevitable, this hugely popular song was widely endorsed as a reply to “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.” After the country entered the war, it became a pervasive expression of commitment, especially in renditions by the troops themselves. Its success was bolstered by recordings and piano rolls, but widespread renditions in amateur shows and fund-raising events attest to its appeal among general citizens and among American troops. |
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Musical Note | The verse to this otherwise conventional march song is entirely in the relative minor key, and the vamp that leads into it consists of a minor-mode quotation of “Yankee Doodle,” echoed in the first line of the verse. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States. |
Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | March song |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Conditions of Use | The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions |
Artist | De Takacs, André C. [Chevalier] |
Printer | p. 3, BR, all upper-case: F. J. Lawson Co. |
Cover Description |
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Back Cover Description | At top, “Joe Morris Music Co’s Song Supreme,” in ornate frame with silhouette of fairy playing twin pipes, sample: My Lonely Lola Lo (© 1916 08 11). Signed BR: André C. de Takacs. |
Interior Description | Plate numbers: pp. 2, 3, BL: J. M. Co. 569 – 2 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_026 |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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