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The Worst Is Yet to Come

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Title
The Worst Is Yet To Come - Lyrics
Composer
Grant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Grant, Bert  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • The Worst Is Yet To Come Verse: In childhood day, we’d sing and play, a game we loved so well, “I oh! The cherry oh! The farmer in the dell,” But since the war, the words of yore, have changed to fit the times, The melody is the same to me but the kids have changed the rhymes
  • The Kaiser has the measles, the Crown Prince has the croup, And ev’ry one of his other sons, will soon be in the soup. Refrain: But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come, You won’t know what it’s all about or where it’s coming from
  • You said you’d plaster Paris with your Hindenburg machine, But now it looks as if you’re on the road to Paris Green, But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come
  • You tried to put the whole world on the bum
  • Now you crazy Kaiser you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, But don’t let it worry you, the worst is yet to come. Verse: Old Kaiser Bill, went up the hill, but soon came tumbling down, Oh! Chateau Thierry, oh! That’s where he lost
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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_888
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
The Worst Is Yet to Come
Composer
Grant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Grant, Bert  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-11-06
Lyrics
  • The Worst Is Yet To Come Verse: In childhood day, we’d sing and play, a game we loved so well, “I oh! The cherry oh! The farmer in the dell,” But since the war, the words of yore, have changed to fit the times, The melody is the same to me but the kids have changed the rhymes
  • The Kaiser has the measles, the Crown Prince has the croup, And ev’ry one of his other sons, will soon be in the soup. Refrain: But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come, You won’t know what it’s all about or where it’s coming from
  • You said you’d plaster Paris with your Hindenburg machine, But now it looks as if you’re on the road to Paris Green, But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come
  • You tried to put the whole world on the bum
  • Now you crazy Kaiser you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, But don’t let it worry you, the worst is yet to come. Verse: Old Kaiser Bill, went up the hill, but soon came tumbling down, Oh! Chateau Thierry, oh! That’s where he lost
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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_888
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThe Worst Is Yet to Come
ComposerGrant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Grant, Bert  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-11-06
Lyrics
  • The Worst Is Yet To Come Verse: In childhood day, we’d sing and play, a game we loved so well, “I oh! The cherry oh! The farmer in the dell,” But since the war, the words of yore, have changed to fit the times, The melody is the same to me but the kids have changed the rhymes
  • The Kaiser has the measles, the Crown Prince has the croup, And ev’ry one of his other sons, will soon be in the soup. Refrain: But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come, You won’t know what it’s all about or where it’s coming from
  • You said you’d plaster Paris with your Hindenburg machine, But now it looks as if you’re on the road to Paris Green, But the worst is yet to come, the worst is yet to come
  • You tried to put the whole world on the bum
  • Now you crazy Kaiser you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, you’ve gotta give up, But don’t let it worry you, the worst is yet to come. Verse: Old Kaiser Bill, went up the hill, but soon came tumbling down, Oh! Chateau Thierry, oh! That’s where he lost
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 22, Folder 5
Local Identifier2014_12996_888
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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