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Camouflage

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Title
Camouflage - Lyrics
Composer
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
  • Friedland, Anatol  
Lyricist
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
  • Friedland, Anatol  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
  • Camouflage Verse: This war has brought us trouble, and lots of humor too, For life is just a bubble, I’ll prove that fact to you
  • Our friends abroad have coined a word that probably we’ve never heard, It sounds so funny and absurd, it surely is a bird. Oh Dan, oh Dan, you dictionary man. Refrain: 1) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, We’ll say a Yankee trench is here, the artist paints a keg of beer, That’s bound to bring the Germans near, that’s camouflage. 2) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, You buy a Ford that’s secondhand, you paint it red, it looks so grand, And near a “Stutz” you let it stand, that’s camouflage. 3) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, Now Missus Cohn is fifty-six, with all young boys she likes to mix, She dyes her hair and paints her cheeks, that’s camouflage. 4) Camou
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 13, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_090
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Camouflage
Composer
  • Friedland, Anatol  
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
Lyricist
  • Friedland, Anatol  
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-11-16
Lyrics
  • Our friends abroad have coined a word that probably we’ve never heard, It sounds so funny and absurd, it surely is a bird. Oh Dan, oh Dan, you dictionary man. Refrain: 1) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, We’ll say a Yankee trench is here, the artist paints a keg of beer, That’s bound to bring the Germans near, that’s camouflage. 2) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, You buy a Ford that’s secondhand, you paint it red, it looks so grand, And near a “Stutz” you let it stand, that’s camouflage. 3) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, Now Missus Cohn is fifty-six, with all young boys she likes to mix, She dyes her hair and paints her cheeks, that’s camouflage. 4) Camou
  • Camouflage Verse: This war has brought us trouble, and lots of humor too, For life is just a bubble, I’ll prove that fact to you
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_090
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleCamouflage
Composer
  • Friedland, Anatol  
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
Lyricist
  • Friedland, Anatol  
  • Gilbert, L. Wolfe  
PublisherJos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-11-16
Lyrics
  • Our friends abroad have coined a word that probably we’ve never heard, It sounds so funny and absurd, it surely is a bird. Oh Dan, oh Dan, you dictionary man. Refrain: 1) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, We’ll say a Yankee trench is here, the artist paints a keg of beer, That’s bound to bring the Germans near, that’s camouflage. 2) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, You buy a Ford that’s secondhand, you paint it red, it looks so grand, And near a “Stutz” you let it stand, that’s camouflage. 3) Camouflage, camouflage, that’s the latest dodge, Camouflage, camouflage, it’s not a cheese or lodge, Now Missus Cohn is fifty-six, with all young boys she likes to mix, She dyes her hair and paints her cheeks, that’s camouflage. 4) Camou
  • Camouflage Verse: This war has brought us trouble, and lots of humor too, For life is just a bubble, I’ll prove that fact to you
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_090
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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