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Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy

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Title
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Lyrics
Composer
Rice, Gitz  
Lyricist
Rice, Gitz  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Keep Your Head Down “Fritzie Boy” Verse: Over in the trenches, up to their eyes in clay, Billy and Jack and Jimmie and Joe are singing all the day. When they see a German, sticking up his snout, They give him a chance to get out of France when they all shout! Refrain: Keep your head down Fritzie Boy, Keep your head down Fritzie Boy. Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw you, I saw you. You were fixing your barb’d wire, When we open’d “rapid fire!” If you want to see your “Vater in the Vaterland,” keep your head down Fritzie Boy! Verse: Soon the Boche got wiser, hearing this every night. He sent us a bunch of rifle grenades to give us all a fright. But he couldn’t stop us, we let out a roar, “We’ll give you your fill of old Kaiser Bill and this d--- war!” Refrain
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 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_408
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
Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy
Composer
Rice, Gitz  
Lyricist
Rice, Gitz  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-10
Lyrics
Keep Your Head Down “Fritzie Boy” Verse: Over in the trenches, up to their eyes in clay, Billy and Jack and Jimmie and Joe are singing all the day. When they see a German, sticking up his snout, They give him a chance to get out of France when they all shout! Refrain: Keep your head down Fritzie Boy, Keep your head down Fritzie Boy. Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw you, I saw you. You were fixing your barb’d wire, When we open’d “rapid fire!” If you want to see your “Vater in the Vaterland,” keep your head down Fritzie Boy! Verse: Soon the Boche got wiser, hearing this every night. He sent us a bunch of rifle grenades to give us all a fright. But he couldn’t stop us, we let out a roar, “We’ll give you your fill of old Kaiser Bill and this d--- war!” Refrain
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 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_408
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleKeep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy
ComposerRice, Gitz  
LyricistRice, Gitz  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-10
LyricsKeep Your Head Down “Fritzie Boy” Verse: Over in the trenches, up to their eyes in clay, Billy and Jack and Jimmie and Joe are singing all the day. When they see a German, sticking up his snout, They give him a chance to get out of France when they all shout! Refrain: Keep your head down Fritzie Boy, Keep your head down Fritzie Boy. Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw you, I saw you. You were fixing your barb’d wire, When we open’d “rapid fire!” If you want to see your “Vater in the Vaterland,” keep your head down Fritzie Boy! Verse: Soon the Boche got wiser, hearing this every night. He sent us a bunch of rifle grenades to give us all a fright. But he couldn’t stop us, we let out a roar, “We’ll give you your fill of old Kaiser Bill and this d--- war!” Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
Local Identifier2014_12996_408
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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