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Title
Look What My Boy Got In France - Lyrics
Composer
Conrad, Con  
Lyricist
Dillon, Will  
Publisher
Broadway Music Corporation  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Look What My Boy Got in France Verse: Mrs. Maloney was very high toney, she yelled to the neighbors, “My Johnny is home I’ve something to show you, Begorra I know you’ll be proud of the boy that went over the foam They made him a captain, he’s on a furlough he brought back a prize, what it is I don’t know. Refrain 1: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France They pinned something on him for he’s a hero whatever he did at all, sure I don’t know My Jonny brought home a young wife now he’s decorated for life Ev’rytime she starts to parlez-vous my old man does the “Hoochy Koo.” Look what my boy got in France. Refrain 2: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France She said “Parlez vous” and she looked right at me my old man said “Carlin’ oui oui B.V.D.” My johnny says she was his nurse he got well but he should have got worse She said “Have a carte d’ jour papa” Mike said, “Not now here comes you Ma.” Look what my boy got in France. Vers
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 17, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_484
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
Look What My Boy Got In France
Composer
Conrad, Con  
Lyricist
Dillon, Will  
Publisher
Broadway Music Corporation  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-12-12
Lyrics
Look What My Boy Got in France Verse: Mrs. Maloney was very high toney, she yelled to the neighbors, “My Johnny is home I’ve something to show you, Begorra I know you’ll be proud of the boy that went over the foam They made him a captain, he’s on a furlough he brought back a prize, what it is I don’t know. Refrain 1: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France They pinned something on him for he’s a hero whatever he did at all, sure I don’t know My Jonny brought home a young wife now he’s decorated for life Ev’rytime she starts to parlez-vous my old man does the “Hoochy Koo.” Look what my boy got in France. Refrain 2: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France She said “Parlez vous” and she looked right at me my old man said “Carlin’ oui oui B.V.D.” My johnny says she was his nurse he got well but he should have got worse She said “Have a carte d’ jour papa” Mike said, “Not now here comes you Ma.” Look what my boy got in France. Vers
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_484
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleLook What My Boy Got In France
ComposerConrad, Con  
LyricistDillon, Will  
PublisherBroadway Music Corporation  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-12-12
LyricsLook What My Boy Got in France Verse: Mrs. Maloney was very high toney, she yelled to the neighbors, “My Johnny is home I’ve something to show you, Begorra I know you’ll be proud of the boy that went over the foam They made him a captain, he’s on a furlough he brought back a prize, what it is I don’t know. Refrain 1: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France They pinned something on him for he’s a hero whatever he did at all, sure I don’t know My Jonny brought home a young wife now he’s decorated for life Ev’rytime she starts to parlez-vous my old man does the “Hoochy Koo.” Look what my boy got in France. Refrain 2: Oh! Look what my boy got in France oh! Look what my boy got in France She said “Parlez vous” and she looked right at me my old man said “Carlin’ oui oui B.V.D.” My johnny says she was his nurse he got well but he should have got worse She said “Have a carte d’ jour papa” Mike said, “Not now here comes you Ma.” Look what my boy got in France. Vers
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_484
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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