The Yanks Started Yankin'
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Title | The Yanks Started Yankin' |
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Composer | McCarron, Chas. R. |
Lyricist | Morgan, Carey |
Publisher | Broadway Music Corporation |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-02-25 |
Lyrics | The Russians Were Rushin’ the Yanks Started Yankin’ Verse: I dreamed of a scene in an old soldier’s home, the year was nineteen fifty three. With medals galore that he’d won in this war, he sat smoking peacefully. Tell me of the war of nineteen seventeen, said his grandson who stood by his side. How did they fix up that terrible mix up? And proudly the old man replied: Refrain: The Russians were rushin’ the Prussians, the Prussians were crushin’ the Russians. The Balkins were balkin’ and Turkey was squawkin’, Rasputin disputin’ and Italy scootin’ the Boches all bulled Bolsevikis The British were skittish at sea. But the good Lord I’m thankin’ the Yanks started yankin’ and yanked Kaiser Bill up a tree. Verse: My dream quickly changed to a schoolroom that day, the lesson was geography. A child raided her hand, said, “I don’t understand, this map looks all wrong to me. What is this strange place that is marked Germany?” And the teacher replied with a roar. “Why, that’s an old map, dear, s |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_619 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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