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Tell That to the Marines

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Title
Tell That To the Marines! - Lyrics
Composer
  • Schwartz, Jean  
  • Jolson, Al  
Lyricist
Atteridge, Harold  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Tell That to the Marines Verse: Do you remember Kaiser Bill about a year ago, We told your old friend Bernstorff that he’d better pack and go
  • You laughed and said America possessed no fighting stuff, until our fighting Yankee boys walked in and called your bluff
  • That Monte Christo idea will not do, if you think that the world belongs to you. Refrain: Tell that to the Marines, those deviling hounds who know what fighting means
  • You are going to lick the world you say you will, if you mean Uncle Sam, now listen Kaiser Bill
  • Tell that to the Marines the first to fight on all the fighting scenes
  • If you think you’ll sink our new boasts, with your damned old U. Boats, tell that to the Marines. Verse: The line of Hindenburg’s would never break, you made a vow, It must be made of rubber, Bill, the way it’s bending now
  • Those Krupp works that you bragged about, you’ll rave of them no more, we’ll change them to the bankrupt works when we end up this war
  • Tho’ Kaiser Bill at warfare we are new
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 21, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_694
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
Tell That to the Marines
Composer
  • Jolson, Al  
  • Schwartz, Jean  
Lyricist
Atteridge, Harold  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-09-27
Lyrics
  • Tho’ Kaiser Bill at warfare we are new
  • Those Krupp works that you bragged about, you’ll rave of them no more, we’ll change them to the bankrupt works when we end up this war
  • If you think you’ll sink our new boasts, with your damned old U. Boats, tell that to the Marines. Verse: The line of Hindenburg’s would never break, you made a vow, It must be made of rubber, Bill, the way it’s bending now
  • Tell that to the Marines the first to fight on all the fighting scenes
  • You are going to lick the world you say you will, if you mean Uncle Sam, now listen Kaiser Bill
  • That Monte Christo idea will not do, if you think that the world belongs to you. Refrain: Tell that to the Marines, those deviling hounds who know what fighting means
  • You laughed and said America possessed no fighting stuff, until our fighting Yankee boys walked in and called your bluff
  • Tell That to the Marines Verse: Do you remember Kaiser Bill about a year ago, We told your old friend Bernstorff that he’d better pack and go
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_694
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleTell That to the Marines
Composer
  • Jolson, Al  
  • Schwartz, Jean  
LyricistAtteridge, Harold  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-09-27
Lyrics
  • Tho’ Kaiser Bill at warfare we are new
  • Those Krupp works that you bragged about, you’ll rave of them no more, we’ll change them to the bankrupt works when we end up this war
  • If you think you’ll sink our new boasts, with your damned old U. Boats, tell that to the Marines. Verse: The line of Hindenburg’s would never break, you made a vow, It must be made of rubber, Bill, the way it’s bending now
  • Tell that to the Marines the first to fight on all the fighting scenes
  • You are going to lick the world you say you will, if you mean Uncle Sam, now listen Kaiser Bill
  • That Monte Christo idea will not do, if you think that the world belongs to you. Refrain: Tell that to the Marines, those deviling hounds who know what fighting means
  • You laughed and said America possessed no fighting stuff, until our fighting Yankee boys walked in and called your bluff
  • Tell That to the Marines Verse: Do you remember Kaiser Bill about a year ago, We told your old friend Bernstorff that he’d better pack and go
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_694
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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