Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine / words by Howard Johnson music by Geo. W. Meyer theme suggested by Kate Elinore & Sam Williams
MLA Citation
Meyer, George W., 1884-1959. “Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine / words by Howard Johnson music by Geo. W. Meyer theme suggested by Kate Elinore & Sam Williams.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 23 May 2022, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31168. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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Title | Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine / words by Howard Johnson music by Geo. W. Meyer theme suggested by Kate Elinore & Sam Williams |
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Subject | Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 -- Songs and music |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music | |
Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920 | |
Popular music -- 1911-1920 | |
Songs with piano | |
Description | For voice and piano |
Cover title | |
Color cover illustration of Washington crossing the Delaware with an inset portrait of Pershing | |
Advertisement for Songs the soldiers and sailors sing, on p. [4] | |
Creator | Meyer, George W., 1884-1959 |
Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
Publisher | New York : Leo. Feist |
Date | 1918 |
Contributor | Johnson, Howard E., 1887-1941 |
Rights | |
Format | Sheet music |
Published works | |
image/jpeg | |
Type | Image |
Text | |
Identifier | SMC 04487 |
3829-2 Leo. Feist | |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31168 | |
Alternative Title | First line of text: Looking backward through the ages, we can read on hist'ry's pages |
First line of chorus: Just like Washington crossed the Delaware | |
References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2912472~S9 |
VERSE 01: Looking backward through the ages,/We can read on hist’ry’s pages,/Deed that famous men have done,/We are told of great commanders/Wellington and Alexanders/And the battles they have won./Take our own great Revolution/That began our evolution,/Washington then won his fame,/Today across the sea,/They’re making history,/The Yankee spirit still remains the same. CHORUS: Just like Washington crossed the Delaware,/So will Pershing cross the Rhine,/As they followed after George,/At dear old Valley Forge,/Our boys will break that line./It’s for your land and my land/And the sake of Auld Lang Syne,/Just like Washington crossed the Delaware,/Gen’ral pershing will cross the Rhine. VERSE 02: There upon the roll of honor,/Ev’ry one the soul of honor,/We find heroes of the past,/Like the ones who’ve gone before them/To our native land that bore them,/They were faithful to the last./As they fought for Independence,/You and I and our descendents/Must preserve Democracy,/In God above we’ll trust,/Our sword shall never rust,/We’ll tell the world it simply has to be. | |
Original Format | 1 score (3 pages, 1 unnumbered page) 35 cm |