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We're Going O-V-E-R The Top

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Title
We're Going O-V-E-R The Top - Lyrics
Composer
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Lange, Arthur  
Lyricist
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Lange, Arthur  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
We’re Going Over the Top Verse: The boys out in the trenches have a song you never heard, They wrote I going over, ev’ry man put in a word. The Colonel sent a copy just to give us all a chance to see just how it goes, The melody just flows, and here’s the song they sing all over France. Refrain 1: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the boys back home are waltzing with the girls we left behind, we’ll be marching thro’ Berlin in the morning. Refrain 2: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the folks back home are hanging out their weekly wash to dry,
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 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_835
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 O-V-E-R The Top
Composer
  • Lange, Arthur  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
Lyricist
  • Lange, Arthur  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-01-03
Lyrics
We’re Going Over the Top Verse: The boys out in the trenches have a song you never heard, They wrote I going over, ev’ry man put in a word. The Colonel sent a copy just to give us all a chance to see just how it goes, The melody just flows, and here’s the song they sing all over France. Refrain 1: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the boys back home are waltzing with the girls we left behind, we’ll be marching thro’ Berlin in the morning. Refrain 2: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the folks back home are hanging out their weekly wash to dry,
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 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_835
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe're Going O-V-E-R The Top
Composer
  • Lange, Arthur  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
Lyricist
  • Lange, Arthur  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Sterling, Andrew B.  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-01-03
LyricsWe’re Going Over the Top Verse: The boys out in the trenches have a song you never heard, They wrote I going over, ev’ry man put in a word. The Colonel sent a copy just to give us all a chance to see just how it goes, The melody just flows, and here’s the song they sing all over France. Refrain 1: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the boys back home are waltzing with the girls we left behind, we’ll be marching thro’ Berlin in the morning. Refrain 2: We’re going over the top, we’re going over the top, we’re going O, V, E, R, over the top. When they hear that Yankee cheer, then they’ll know that the gang’s all here, And we’ll never stop (I’ll bet you,) we’ll never stop, until we all go over the top. While the folks back home are hanging out their weekly wash to dry,
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_835
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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