Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy
Supplementary Document
Permalink
https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/ea2f1a80-c556-0134-2373-0050569601ca-7Descriptive Information
| 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 |
| Original Location |
|
| 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 |
Download Options
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Cover | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Page 2 | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Page 4 | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Page 5 | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Page 3 | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Back Cover | |
|
Keep Your Head Down "Fritzie Boy" - Lyrics |