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We're Going to Hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree

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Title
We're Going To Hang The Kaiser Under The Linden Tree - Lyrics
Composer
  • Kendis, James  
  • Brockman, James  
Lyricist
  • Kendis, James  
  • Brockman, James  
Publisher
Kendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
We’re Going to Hang the Kaiser (Under the Linden Tree) Verse: Have you heard the news? Have you heard the news? The news that’s going all around? Chase away the blues, the weary, weary blues. Our Yankee boys are Berlin bound. Somebody has been fooling with the deck. Somebody’s going to get it in the neck. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree, Under the Linden Tree, over in Germany. We’ll take along a clever little “Bumble bee,” To sting him, to sting him, Up on the helmet, the helmet, the Kaiser! Tramp, tramp, tramp! The boys are marching, to fight for peace and democracy. We’ll trim his moustache nice and neat and then we’ll cut off his retreat, And hang him under the Linden Tree. Verse: If the rope should break, if the rope should break, We won’t send him very far. He will take a trip, a lovely little trip, Where he can play with Nick, the Czar. Somebody has been bragging much too much. Somebody we know surely is in dutch. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kai
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 22, Folder 2
Local Identifier
2014_12996_769
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
We're Going to Hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree
Composer
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
Lyricist
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
Publisher
Kendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-11-09
Lyrics
We’re Going to Hang the Kaiser (Under the Linden Tree) Verse: Have you heard the news? Have you heard the news? The news that’s going all around? Chase away the blues, the weary, weary blues. Our Yankee boys are Berlin bound. Somebody has been fooling with the deck. Somebody’s going to get it in the neck. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree, Under the Linden Tree, over in Germany. We’ll take along a clever little “Bumble bee,” To sting him, to sting him, Up on the helmet, the helmet, the Kaiser! Tramp, tramp, tramp! The boys are marching, to fight for peace and democracy. We’ll trim his moustache nice and neat and then we’ll cut off his retreat, And hang him under the Linden Tree. Verse: If the rope should break, if the rope should break, We won’t send him very far. He will take a trip, a lovely little trip, Where he can play with Nick, the Czar. Somebody has been bragging much too much. Somebody we know surely is in dutch. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kai
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_769
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe're Going to Hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree
Composer
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
Lyricist
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
PublisherKendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-11-09
LyricsWe’re Going to Hang the Kaiser (Under the Linden Tree) Verse: Have you heard the news? Have you heard the news? The news that’s going all around? Chase away the blues, the weary, weary blues. Our Yankee boys are Berlin bound. Somebody has been fooling with the deck. Somebody’s going to get it in the neck. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree, Under the Linden Tree, over in Germany. We’ll take along a clever little “Bumble bee,” To sting him, to sting him, Up on the helmet, the helmet, the Kaiser! Tramp, tramp, tramp! The boys are marching, to fight for peace and democracy. We’ll trim his moustache nice and neat and then we’ll cut off his retreat, And hang him under the Linden Tree. Verse: If the rope should break, if the rope should break, We won’t send him very far. He will take a trip, a lovely little trip, Where he can play with Nick, the Czar. Somebody has been bragging much too much. Somebody we know surely is in dutch. Refrain: We’re going to hang the Kai
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_769
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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