Sheet Music, 1910-1919
Title
Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France / music by Billy Baskette; words by Francis Reisner and Benny Davis
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0371
Description
Cover: drawing of an American soldier shaking hands with a French soldier across a symbolic representation of the United States and Europe during World War I; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Goodbye New York town, goodbye Miss Liberty, Your light of freedom will guide us across the sea, Ev'ry soldier's sweetheart biding goodbye, Ev'ry soldier's mother drying her eye Cheer up we'll soon be there, Singing this Yankee air: First
Chorus
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Goodbye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long, Don't you worry while we're there, Its for you we're fighting too, So Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to square our debt to you. Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Goodbye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long, Don't you worry while we're there, Its for you we're fighting too, So Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to square our debt to you.
Second verse
Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea We're united in this fight for liberty France sent us a soldier, brave La Fayette Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget Now that we have the chance we'll pay our debt to France
Second chorus
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Goodbye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long, Don't you worry while we're there, It's you we're fighting for, So Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to help you win this war. Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Goodbye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long, Don't you worry while we're there, It's you we're fighting for, So Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to help you win this war.
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