If they want to fight, all right : (but "neutral" is my middle name) / by Jack Frost & James White
MLA Citation
Frost, Jack, 1893-1959. “If they want to fight, all right : (but "neutral" is my middle name) / by Jack Frost & James White.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 23 May 2022, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/37156. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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Title | If they want to fight, all right : (but "neutral" is my middle name) / by Jack Frost & James White |
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Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music;World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace -- Songs and music;Popular music -- 1911-1920;Songs with piano;Murray, Elizabeth -- Portraits |
Description | For voice and piano;Caption title;Cover portrait of Elizabeth Murray |
Creator | Frost, Jack, 1893-1959 |
Publisher | Chicago : Frank J. Root |
Date | 1915 |
Contributor | White, James |
Rights | |
Format | Sheet music |
Published works | |
image/jpeg | |
Type | Image |
Text | |
Identifier | SMC06859 |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/37156 | |
Alternative Title | First line of text: I heard the newsboys crying latest war news of the day;First line of chorus: If they want to fight, all right, I'm over here, they're over there |
Is Part Of | Sheet Music Collection, Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives, University Libraries, Bowling Green State University |
References | https://maurice.bgsu.edu:443/record=b2929443~S9 |
VERSE 01: I heard the newsboys crying latest war news of the day,/I saw the people buying and the crowds begin to sway;/But what seemed to me so funny in that big crowd that I spied,/Were English, French, and German there, all standing side by side./The German said, "Zwei tausend uf em Enklish kiltdot's fine."/The English said, "I heah they've pawned the watch upon the Rhine;"/And little old yours truly of the good old U.S.A./Said "It's a sad, sad story, but here's all I've got to say:"CHORUS 01: If they want to fight, all right, all right,/I'm over here, they're over there, so I don't care;/Over here in America, I heard somebody say/That he who fights and runs away will live to fight some other day./For I'm here and they're there, so what do I care,/Because it's "Home, Sweet Home" just the same./While I'm as happy as can be behind the statue of liberty,/For "neutral" is my middle name.VERSE 02: Said Mike McDever, "Did you ever hear the likes o' these?/They say the Frenchmen shot the holes we see in Sweitzer cheese."/Then said someone to McDever there, "Say Mike, why do you frown?"/Said he, "Because old Pilsner beer goes up instead of down,/The army with the longest legs is what I'm betting on,/For when it comes to battle they can do some Marathon;/And I'll believe most anything that anybody tells/But that the Frenchmen saw the 'English' on the German shells."CHORUS 02: If they want to fight, all right, all right,/I'm over here, they're over there, so I don't care;/Over here in America, I heard somebody say/That he who fights and runs away will live to fight some other day./For I'm here and they're there, so what do I care,/Because it's "Home, Sweet Home" just the same./The enemy can do their worst, But I believe in safety first,/For "neutral" is my middle name. | |
Original Format | 1 score (5 pages) 35 cm |