When a Yankee Got His Eye Down the Barrel of a Gun
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Title | When a Yankee Got His Eye Down the Barrel of a Gun |
Composer | Campbell, Fred S. |
Lyricist | Campbell, Fred S. |
Publisher | Campbell-Shorey Co. (Lynn, MA) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-10-30 |
Lyrics | When a Yankee Got His Eye Down the Barrel of a Gun Verse: The Germans called the Yankees dudes, all right, if that is true Those dudes have shown Bill Kaiser what a Yankee Dude’ll do! For they were there and millions more if needed would have come, And at the Marne they found that they were there more ways than one! Refrain: For when a Yankee got his eye down the barrel of a gun, The Kaiser’s mighty army turned! Oh how those Huns did run! They quickly saw their finish they were added to the list! If the Yank was out of ammunition He’d just use his fist! He waded thro’ the Boches like he would an apple pie! A song upon his lips, determination in his eye! For when a Yankee got his eye down the barrel of a gun, It was smash! Whang! Crash! Bang! Bing!! Another Hun! Verse: The Yankees don’t know what fear means! They’ll always take a chance! Retreat, they don’t know that at all! Their middle name’s ‘advance’! And with Old Glory flying, on to vict’ry they will go! They never quit a fight unt |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_850 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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