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If the Yankees Took Berlin

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Title
If the Yankees Took Berlin - Lyrics
Composer
  • Slattery, Joseph J.  
  • Frederick Melville  
Lyricist
Slattery, Joseph J.  
Publisher
Lieut. Joseph J. Slattery (Rochester, NY)  
Lyrics
  • If the Yankees Took Berlin Verse: Oh! them Yankee boys by gum I’ll say were going some, They surely had them Jerries in the air
  • Kaiser Bill and his six sons, And all the other huns, No doubt are satisfied them Yanks are there
  • Oh! You Lusitania, It didn’t take them long, To make them pay the tolls, For your poor souls, And ev’ry other thing that they have done
  • And can’t the Yankees do it dandy? Woodrow we knew they’d win
  • They just stopped a while at Metz To put the fortress on the fritz But they were going over to Berlin Refrain: And if the Yankees took Berlin, Them military men, For all their crooked work they’d make them sweat
  • Now France will get again, Her Alsace and Lorraine, We more than owe it to you and Lafayette
  • Oh! You foxy Fochey, We backed you to win
  • And they’d pay those scoundrels well For what they did to Edith Cavell. If the Yankee boys went in and took Berlin. Verse: Oh! Them Yankee Doodle boys, Are sure the great big noise, For Paris and the Ports they saved the d
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 16, Folder 2
Local Identifier
2014_12996_370
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
If the Yankees Took Berlin
Composer
  • Frederick Melville  
  • Slattery, Joseph J.  
Lyricist
Slattery, Joseph J.  
Publisher
Lieut. Joseph J. Slattery (Rochester, NY)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-04-23
Lyrics
  • And they’d pay those scoundrels well For what they did to Edith Cavell. If the Yankee boys went in and took Berlin. Verse: Oh! Them Yankee Doodle boys, Are sure the great big noise, For Paris and the Ports they saved the d
  • Oh! You foxy Fochey, We backed you to win
  • Now France will get again, Her Alsace and Lorraine, We more than owe it to you and Lafayette
  • They just stopped a while at Metz To put the fortress on the fritz But they were going over to Berlin Refrain: And if the Yankees took Berlin, Them military men, For all their crooked work they’d make them sweat
  • And can’t the Yankees do it dandy? Woodrow we knew they’d win
  • Oh! You Lusitania, It didn’t take them long, To make them pay the tolls, For your poor souls, And ev’ry other thing that they have done
  • Kaiser Bill and his six sons, And all the other huns, No doubt are satisfied them Yanks are there
  • If the Yankees Took Berlin Verse: Oh! them Yankee boys by gum I’ll say were going some, They surely had them Jerries in the air
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_370
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleIf the Yankees Took Berlin
Composer
  • Frederick Melville  
  • Slattery, Joseph J.  
LyricistSlattery, Joseph J.  
PublisherLieut. Joseph J. Slattery (Rochester, NY)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-04-23
Lyrics
  • And they’d pay those scoundrels well For what they did to Edith Cavell. If the Yankee boys went in and took Berlin. Verse: Oh! Them Yankee Doodle boys, Are sure the great big noise, For Paris and the Ports they saved the d
  • Oh! You foxy Fochey, We backed you to win
  • Now France will get again, Her Alsace and Lorraine, We more than owe it to you and Lafayette
  • They just stopped a while at Metz To put the fortress on the fritz But they were going over to Berlin Refrain: And if the Yankees took Berlin, Them military men, For all their crooked work they’d make them sweat
  • And can’t the Yankees do it dandy? Woodrow we knew they’d win
  • Oh! You Lusitania, It didn’t take them long, To make them pay the tolls, For your poor souls, And ev’ry other thing that they have done
  • Kaiser Bill and his six sons, And all the other huns, No doubt are satisfied them Yanks are there
  • If the Yankees Took Berlin Verse: Oh! them Yankee boys by gum I’ll say were going some, They surely had them Jerries in the air
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_370
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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