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#
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Title
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Composer
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Date
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Publisher
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City
|
#
Page
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Key
|
Time
Signature
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Medium
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Notations
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First
Line
|
Chorus
|
Cover
|
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WWI
1-2
|
The
Best Old Flag on Earth
(2
copies)
|
Charles
F. Harrison
|
1914
|
Charles
F. Harrison & Co.
|
Vancouver
and Toronto
|
3
|
C
|
C,
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marziale
|
Though
England’s foes may assail her…
|
Then
give three cheers, Three British cheers For the old Red, White
and Blue…
|
-union
jack (takes up entire cover)
-black
lettering over top
|
|
WWI
3
|
The
Boys Who Fight for Freedom
|
Bert
and Lester Berry
|
1917
|
Berry
Publishing Co.
|
Winnipeg
|
3
|
C
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Bugle
calls are sounding, Sounding ev’rywhere…
|
For
the boys who love a land of freedom Are the boys who fight
for Britain’s name…
|
-black
words on white background
|
|
WWI
4
|
Boys
from Canada
|
Alta-Lind
Cook
|
1915
|
Whaley,
Royce & Co.
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
3
|
Ab
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Con
spirito, Chorus: con fuoco
|
The
country of the maple sends her sons across the sea…
|
We’re
the Boys from Canada Glad to serve Britannia…
|
-black
on white
-title
on a banner surrounded by maple leaves
|
|
WWI
5-6
|
By
Order of the King
(2
copies)
|
Albert
E. MacNutt and M. F. Kelly
|
1915
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia, Moderato
|
The
Empire’s pride, stand side by side, Upon the battle field…
|
By
order of the king (God bless him) we’ll and win or die…
|
-blue
writing on white
-blue
portrait of the king with red frame
-red
letting gives names of people who have sung this “with
great success”
|
|
WWI
7
|
The
Call
|
Words:
T. Pritchard
Music:
Jules Brazil
|
[1914-1918]
|
Independent
Publishing Co.
|
Goderich
|
4
|
Bb
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
Don’t
you hear the bugle calling, Calling for good men and true…
|
Come
come the boys are calling, Calling over the main…
|
-black
and red lettering
-sketch
of soldier blowing bugle, supporting a wounded comrade in
arms
-in
indistinct pastoral scene (i.e. clearly not in the middle
of a battle…)
|
|
WWI
8
|
The
Call of the King
|
Words:
James A. Ross
Music:
Mary Gilmour
|
1916
|
Whaley,
Royce & Co.
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
3
|
Eb
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
Your
King is calling you to fight the foreign foe…
|
Then
Hark the call of the Britain’s King…
|
-black
on white
-“The
First Great Recruiting Song”
-“Dedicated
to the all the brave men who wear the king’s uniform”
|
|
WWI
9
|
The
Call of the Motherland
|
Edward
W. Miller
|
1914
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Ab
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
marziale
|
There’s
a humming on the cable, there’s a whisper in the air…
|
When
war’s alarms, and the call to arms, Come across from
the Motherland…
|
-red
and black lettering on white
-“sung
by…” (lists 8 people)
|
|
WWI
10
|
Canada,
Fall In!
|
Edward
W. Miller
|
1915
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Eb
|
C,
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
marziale
|
It
isn’t enough to read the daily papers…
|
We’ve
laid down the hammer and picked up the gun…
|
-red
and black and white
-no
graphics
-a
“patriotic recruiting song”
-‘Canada
Fall In’ is in huge red letters in the middle
|
|
WWI
11
|
Days
of Peace
|
Herbert
Kohler
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Eb
|
3/4
|
-piano
|
Andante
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
-pink
and green on white
-young
woman looking over her shoulder, inset of calm river in a
green valley
|
|
WWI
12
|
Don’t
you Hear the Call Laddie?
|
Words:
A. H. M. Reed
Music:
A. S. L. May
|
1916
|
The
Independent Publishing Co.
|
Goderich
|
3
|
D
|
6/8,
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Allegro
Tempo
di marcia, Chorus: brillante
|
Don’t
you hear the Call Laddie…
|
Duty
is calling why should you stay…
|
-blue
and brown on white
-man
in uniform blowing bugle, holding a union jack
-“Dedicated
to the Union Jack”
-faded
question mark hanging behind the title
|
|
WWI
13
|
England’s
Daughter and A Scrap of Paper
|
Words:
Rich L. Werry
Music
G. Harold Brown
|
1914
|
R.
L. Werry
|
Montreal
|
2
|
F
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
TO
march
|
Old
England has a daughter fair and beautiful to see…
|
Twas
“A little scrap of paper” got our nation in to war…
|
-brown
on white
-“A
tribute to our defenders on the firing line”
-fuzzy
photo of soldiers (trenches?)
|
|
WWI
14
|
Flying
|
Will
J. White
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1918
|
Musgrave
Brothers
|
Toronto
|
2
|
D
|
3/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di valse
|
You
talk of the one-step, it’s now all the rage…
|
Flying,
flying, way up in the air…
|
-white
on pale brown
-picture
of a pilot
-photo
of the composer
|
|
WWI
15
|
Freedom
is Our Battle Cry
|
J.
Leonard Barrie
|
1916
|
J.
Leonard Barrie
|
Richmond
(Quebec)
|
3
|
F
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
In
the Province of Quebec what more could you expect…
|
Then
cheer friends cheer for our boys at the front…
|
-black
on white
-photo
of the 117th Eastern Townships Battalion
-inset
photo of their commanding officer (L. J. Gilbert)
|
|
WWI
16
|
God
Bless Our Empire
|
Bert
and Lester Berry
|
1916
|
The
Berry Publishing Co.
|
Winnipeg
|
3
|
Ab
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
There’s
an Empire whose dominions reach out North, South, East and
West…
|
God
bless our Empire and the lads across the sea…
|
-black
on white
-two
photos pf men in uniform, one signed
|
|
WWI
17
|
God
Protect My Daddy
|
John
D. Curran
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1918
|
Ideal
Music
|
Toronto
|
2
|
G
|
3/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di valse
|
A
dear little girl kissed her Mamma “Good-night”…
|
Good
protect my Daddy, Send him home some day…
|
-white
on green
-small
girl praying beside her bed
-photo
of Adelene Mayrint (child vocalist)
|
|
WWI
18
|
Good-bye
Girls
|
Morris
Manley
|
1918
|
G.
M. Lawson Publisher
|
Toronto
|
2
|
Bb
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
N/A
|
We
gave a farewell party for a girl named Mary Brown…
|
Good-bye
girls I’ll be sailing on the Transport tomorrow…
|
-red
and blue on white
-woman
in red cross uniform waving good-bye from ship sailing away
-photo
of Mildred Manley (child vocalist)
|
|
WWI
19
|
Goodbye
Mother Dear
|
Morris
Manley
|
1916
|
Morris
Manley
|
Toronto
|
2
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
(not fast)
|
A
mother and her only son together sat one night…
|
Good-bye
mother dear, It is time for us to part…
|
-“The
sweetest of mother songs”
-black
on white
-photo
of Morris Manley framed with maple leaves
|
|
WWI
20-21
|
Good
Luck to the Boys of the Allies
(2
copies)
|
Morris
Manley
|
1915
|
Morris
Manley
|
Toronto
and Windsor
|
4
|
F
|
2/4
and 6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
It’s
jolly good luck to Johhnie Cannuck…
|
Good
luck to the boys of the allies…
|
-brown
on white
-photo
of troops in uniform, in formation (probably training somewhere
in Canada, Valcartier?)
|
|
WWI
22
|
Hats
Off to the Flag and the King
|
Will
J. White
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1916
|
Musgrave
Bothers
|
Toronto
|
3
|
F
|
2/4
and 4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
B
stands for Briton that we love so well…
|
It’s
the flag that will protect us…
|
-blue
on white
(with
red for union jack)
-photo
of composer
-photo
of king superimposed on the flag
-photos
of the three singers
-dedicated
to the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
|
|
WWI
23
|
The
Hearts of the World Love Canada
|
Will
J. White
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1918
|
Musgrave
Brothers
|
Toronto
|
2
|
Bb
|
C
and 6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
Where
oh! Where are the men of Canada…
|
Yes
the Hearts of the World love Canada…
|
-white
on pink
-hearts
around the letters of the word hearts
-globes
around the word world
-photo
of composer
|
|
WWI
24
|
Here’s
to the Boys of the 1-6-0
|
Muriel
Farrell
|
1916
|
Whaley.
Royce and Co
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
4
|
Bb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Here’s
to the boys of our battalion…
|
Here’s
to the boys of the One-Six-O
|
-black
on white
-mostly
words
-1-6-0
surrounded by maple branches
-Dedicated
to the 160th Bruce Battalion
|
|
WWI
25
|
His
Name’s on the Roll of Honour
|
Words
– Sergt. J. Bruno
Music
– Bomber H. Rose
Arr.
John W. Gray
|
1917
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association, Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Andante
|
On
the honour roll is his name…
|
For
I’ve lost the finest pal a girl could wish for…
|
-red
on white
-two
smaller images surrounded by leaves
-one
showing a cross in a green field the other a girl sitting
under a tree looking forlorn
|
|
WWI
26-27
|
Home
Again
(2
copies)
|
Will
J. White
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1917
|
Musgrave
Brothers
|
Toronto
|
2
(plus
1 page for quar-tette)
|
Bb
|
4/4
and 6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
Sailing,
sailing over the bounding foam…
|
Home
again, home again, that’s the song we love to sing…
|
-white
on blue
-Candian
soldier (21st) smoking
-photo
of composer
|
|
WWI
28
|
Home
Sweet Home For You We’re Fighting
|
Words:
Joe Lawson
Music:
Gordon V. Thompson
|
1916
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
2
|
C
|
2/4,
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
N/A
|
In
the battle trench we stand far away from our dear land…
|
Home,
sweet home, for you we’re fighting
|
-black
on orange
-“We
will drive the foeman back And we’ll save the Union Jack”
-photo
of Captain Joe Lawson holding the flag
-inset
of Bandmaster (B. Barrow)
|
|
WWI
29
|
I’ll
Come Back to You
|
Frank
O’Madden
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1916
|
The
Anglo Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
A
soldier boy enlisted And to battle marched away…
|
Fare
you well, I must go little darling…
|
-black
on white
-silhouette
of soldier rushing to embrace waiting woman
|
|
WWI
30
|
I
Love You Canada
|
Morris
Manley and Kenneth McInnis
|
1915
|
Musgrave
Brothers
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
There
are many flags now waving…
|
I
love you Canada…
|
-map
of Canada
(red
on blue)
-picture
of Mildred Manley (child vocalist)
|
|
WWI
31
|
I
Want My Daddy
|
Morris
Manley
|
1916
|
Morris
Manley
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
C,
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Slowly
with expression
|
A
little girl sat yearning While children were at play…
|
I
want my Daddy I’m as lonely as can be…
|
-black
words and orange decorations on white
-photo
of Manley with daughter Mildred
|
|
WWI
32
|
I
Want to See If My Daddy’s Come Home
|
Words:
Grant E. Cole
Music:
Fred G. Brown
|
1917
|
Ideal
Music
|
Toronto
|
2
|
F
|
¾
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
Down
in a large railway depot, A little girl stood all alone…
|
I
want to see if my daddy’s come home…
|
-grey
on white
-inset
of Adelene Mayrint (child vocalist)
-sketch
of man in uniform with train behind them
|
|
WWI
33-34
|
In
the Way of Duty
(2
copies)
|
Bertie
Aikin Green
|
1916
|
Mrs.
David Green
|
Hamilton
|
3
|
F
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
marziale
|
Here’s
a little thought boys, we would like to say…
|
N/A
|
-black
on white
-“The
Grand Patriotic Marching On Song”
-“Dedicated
to the empire’s overseas forces”
|
|
WWI
35
|
The
Irish Laddies to the War Have Gone
|
Frank
O. Madden
Arr.
Jules Brazil
|
1916
|
The
Angle Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Eb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
Now
Paddy dear and did you hear the talk that’s going round…
|
Faith
and who can be denying that our Irish lads are there…
|
-green
on white
-shamrock
behind the title
-photo
of Irish soldier in uniform
-(the
music and lyrics are also printed in green ink!)
“Dedicated
to the 108th Battalion – Canadian Irish”
|
|
WWI
36
|
Khaki
|
Gordon
V. Thompson
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Company
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Bb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
N/A
|
Colors
may change in fashion, Change in the spring and the fall…
|
Oh
the man who’s dressed in khaki Is the man who fights
the foe…
|
-khaki
background with blue, red and white striped border
-title
in red
-small
shield with union jack beneath
-“patriotic
song”
|
|
WWI
37
|
March
of the Allies
|
Arthur
W. Hughes
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
C,
F,
|
2/4,
6/8
|
-piano
|
N/A
|
Countries
featured:
-France
-Russia
-Ireland
-Scotland
-England
-Canada
|
N/A
|
-red
on green
-busts
of various allied soldiers in uniform (note Canada not included
separately, included under the British Empire) – but
in the music (a medley) Canada has its own section
-featured
at the Canadian National Exhibition
|
|
WWI
38
|
My
Native Land
|
Words:
M. A. Knight
Music:
A. J. Marshall
|
1918
|
Smith
& Eborall
|
Toronto
|
2
(plus one page quartette)
|
Bb
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
Chorus
con spirito
|
‘Tis
not to boast o’er other lands I sing, Nor flaunt my flag
with naught of courtesy…
|
Land
of my heart’s love, dearest of all…
|
-purple
on white
-a
few little decorations
|
|
WWI
39
|
Remember
Nurse Cavell
|
Words:
Gordon V. Thompson Music: Jules Brazil
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
3
|
d
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
We
have praised Joan of Arc, the soldier lass of France…
|
Remember
how she gladly nursed your pals boys…
|
-black
writing, green border also green maple leaves
-central
image in of Edith Cavell (with dog…)
|
|
WIW
40
|
Sacrifice
|
Lillian
Lundy Green
|
1918
|
Whaley,
Royce & Co.
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
4
|
F
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Andante,
allegretto con affetto, con doloroso
|
Somewhere
in France! An old father said, I have a boy on the firing
line…
|
But
he willingly made the great sacrifice…
|
-black
on white
-fancy
flourished script for title
-“Dedicated
to All Brave War Mothers”
|
|
WWI
41
|
She’s
a Dear Old Lady
|
Arthur
Ostler
|
1915
|
Thomas
Anderson Music Publisher
|
Hamilton
|
4
|
C
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
March
time
|
We
have often had the notion Lying cradled in the ocean…
|
She’s
a dear old lady is this mother of mine…
|
-mostly
black lettering on white
-in
red: “Patriotic March Song”
|
|
WWI
42
|
Somewhere
in France
|
Words:
Arthur Wimperis
Music:
Herbert Ivey
|
1915
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Company
|
Toronto
|
6
|
Ab
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Allegro
moderato
|
Out
somewhere “Over there” There’s a little British
army on the go…
|
Hats
off to Mister Atkins Taking his chance…
|
-black
on white
|
|
WWI
43
|
The
Song of the Allies
|
Donald
Heins
|
1914
|
James
P. Walsh
|
Toronto
|
3
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato,
broadly
|
I
sing a song of Britain, I can tell of how her might Is the
envy of all nations…
|
For
we’re allied one to another And each man fights for his
brother…
|
-black
on white
-running
soldier with bayonet
-canon
and flag in background
|
|
WWI
44
|
Take
me Back to Canada
|
O.
F. Beck
|
1914
|
O.
F. Beck
|
Montreal
|
3
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
I’ve
roamed around this world a bit, saw Broadway lights when they
were lit…
|
Take
me back to Canada to the Land of the maple leaf…
|
-black
on white
-small
maple leaf in centre
|
|
WWI
45
|
Take
me Back to Old Ontario
|
Words:
Frank E. Balson
Music:
J. Heward Gammond
|
1915
|
Gammond-Balson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Andante
moderato
|
In
a far and foreign land, lay a wounded solider boy…
|
Take
me back to old Ontario where the sun does ever shine…
|
-black
words on white
|
|
WWI
46
|
There’s
a War on In Europe
|
Words:
C. E. H. Thomas
Music:
A. C. Gore-Sellon
|
1917
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
2
|
Eb
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Were
you ever in the war zone, All you that laugh and play…
|
There’s
a war on in Europe And no one seems aware…
|
-black
on white
|
|
WWI
47
|
There’s
Nobody Just Like My Mother
|
Bertie
Aikin Green
|
1918
|
Mrs.
David Green
|
Hamilton
|
2
|
Ab
|
3/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
In
slow waltz time, slowly with much expression
|
There’s
nobody just like my mother…
|
There’s
nobody just like my mother…
|
-pink
and white background
-flowers
-inset
photo of woman (composers mother?)
|
|
WWI
48
|
They’re
Khaki Clad
|
Words:
Grant E. Cole
Music:
Fred G. Brown
|
1917
|
Ideal
Music
|
Toronto
|
2
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
|
See
them coming down the street, Hear the drums and tramp of feet…
|
They’re
khaki clad and every lad is mighty glad that he is there…
|
-white
on purple
-image
of solider carrying gun, wounded soldier (with head bandage)
crawling behind him, set in barb-wired field
-“They
greatest of all patriotic march songs”
|
|
WWI
49-51
|
We’ll
Never let the Old Flag Fall
(3
copies)
|
Albert
E. MacNutt and M. F. Kelly
|
1915
|
The
Anglo-Canadian Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Ab
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Britain’s
flag has always stood for justice…
|
We’ll
never let the old flag fall…
|
-blue
and red print on white
-“Canada’s
greatest marching song”
-large
image of the flag in the middle of the cover
|
|
WWI
52
|
We’re
From Canada
|
Irene
Humble
|
1915
|
Whaley,
Royce & Co.
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
3
|
Bb
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
con spirito
|
Proud
is the heart of the soldier boy, Bravely he marches to war…
|
We’re
from Canada, we’re from Canada, a lad beyond compare…
|
-black
uniformed soldier at attention
-“Canadian March Song”
-“Dedicated
to the Canadian Contingents”
|
|
WWI
53
|
What the Deuce do we Care for Kaiser Bill
|
Morris
Manley
|
1917
|
Morris
Manley
|
Toronto
|
2
|
G
|
6/8
|
-piano
and voice
|
Moderato
|
The
soldiers they were chatting as they left the old canteen…
|
Left,
right, left right, on the march we go…
|
-green
on white
-“The
Soldiers Comic March”
-inset
of Mildred Manley (“phenomenal child vocalist”)
-sketch
at bottom of two smiling/laughing Canadian soldiers
|
|
WWI
54
|
When
Jack Comes Back
|
Gordon
V. Thompson
Arr.
E. Farrenger
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Bb
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Our
Jack has gone away to be a soldier to fight for Britain’s
name…
|
When
Jack comes back there’ll be a mighty welcome for out
soldier boy…
|
-blue
and white on red
-photo
of soldiers in camp shaving , caption: “wash time at
camp”
-“To
my life long chum Frederick H. Langstone, 5th Canadian
Field Battery and to all the boys at the front”
-“As
sung my the Canadian Troops”
|
|
WWI
55
|
When
Jack Comes Back (The Canadian War Song)
|
Gordon
V. Thompson
|
1915
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
|
3
(plus
1 page for quar-tette)
|
Bb
|
4/4
and 2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di marcia
|
Our
Jack has gone away to be a soldier…
|
When
Jack comes back…
|
-grey/black
on white
-Canadian
soldier pulling on moustache of the Kaiser
“Your
moustache grows too high, sir!”
-“To
my life long chum Frederick H. Langstone, 5th Canadian
Field Battery and to all the boys at the front”
|
|
WWI
56
|
When
the Bantam Roosters Crow
|
Words:
S. K. Benett
Music:
N. F. Allan
|
1916
|
Musgrave
Bros.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Eb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Brightly
|
I’m
all excited simply delighted ‘cause I’ve joined
the Bantam crew…
|
When
the Bantam Roosters Crow You’ll find the Germans lying
low…
|
-black
on white
-the
crest of the bantam battalion (crown, rooster, Canada)
-“Regimental
Song of Burton’s Bantam Battlian”
-“Sold
in aid of Battalion Funds”
|
|
WWI
57
|
When
we Wind up the Watch on the Rhine
|
Gordon
V. Thompson and William Davis
|
1917
|
Thompson
Publishing Co.
|
Toronto
and New York
|
2
|
Bb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
N/A
|
Now
we must part, heart of my heart I can hear the bugle sounding
with a call so clear…
|
When
we wind up “The Watch on the Rhine” And we grind
up the Kaiser’s last line…
|
-colour
painting of young couple sitting perched on a giant pocket
watch (possibly at sunset?)
-blue
lettering
-“Sung
by the American Troops”
|
|
WWI
58
|
When
Your Boy Comes Back to You
|
Gordon
V. Thompson
|
1916
|
Thompson
Publishing co.
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Ab
|
2/4,
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
(also
avail. orchestra, band, quartette, chorus)
|
Moderato,
not too fast
|
Keep
the lamp of hope still brightly burning…
|
When
your boy comes back to you, You will keep your promise true…
|
-blue
and yellow images, white lettering
-young
woman embraces man in uniform in a garden
-“The
camp Borden song hit”
|
|
WWI
59
|
Will
The King be Proud of Canada?
|
Words:
S. G. Smith
Music:
Frank Eborall
|
1915
|
Whaley
Royce, & co.
|
Toronto
and Winnipeg
|
2
|
Ab
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Maestoso
|
Hear
the bugle call, see Canada stand and salute the king and motherland…
|
Hear
the tramp of Canada’s eager feet, We will never learn
the word retreat…
|
-black
on white
-
maple leaves (beaver at bottom) with soldiers in centre, surrounding
canon
-“Canadian
military song”
|
|
#
|
Title
|
Composer
|
Date
|
Publisher
|
City
|
#
Page
|
Key
|
Time
Signature
|
Medium
|
Notations
|
First
Line
|
Chorus
|
Cover
|
|
WWI
60
|
Annemarie
(German)
|
Gustav
Hirsch
|
1916
|
Gustav
Hirsch
|
Leipzig
|
2
|
Bb
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Im
voklston, nicht zu langsam
|
Im
Feldquartier auf hartem Stein streck’…
|
N/A
|
-green
and black
-soldier
sitting around the campfire
|
|
WWI
61
|
Are
We Down-heatred? NO!
|
Robert
Harkness
|
1914
|
Robert
Harkness Ltd.
|
London
|
3
(plus 1 for quartette)
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
N/A
|
Fighting
for right for the cause that is true…
|
Are
we down-hearted? No, no, no!
|
-red
and black writing on white
-colour
image of union jack
-photo
of Lord Kitchener, Minister of War
|
|
WWI
62
|
The
Call of England
|
Words:
Shapcott Wensley
Music:
Alver Ham
|
[1917]
|
Hawkes
& Son
|
London
|
6
|
Bb
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Maestoso,
marziale, with fervour, marcato
|
Hark,
‘tis the call of England! Land of the peerless rose…
|
Shoulder
to shoulder ever, Brothers in heart are we…
|
-black
on white
|
|
WWI
63
|
Call
Us And We’ll Soon Be There
|
G.
D. Wheeler and R. P. Watson
|
1914
|
Francis,
Day & Hunter
|
London
|
5
|
Bb
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marziale
|
When-e’er
there be a cross the sea a cry of war’s alarms…
|
Call
us and we’ll soon be there…
|
-black
on white
-“featured
by Leo Dryden”
-photo
of LD (?)
|
|
WWI
64
|
Dear
Old Pal of Mine
|
Words:
Harold Robe
Music:
Gitz Rice
|
1918
|
G.
Ricordi & Co.
|
New
York (also London, Paris, Rome, Palermo, Naples, Buenos Aires
and Milan)
|
4
|
Ab
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Andante
con expressione
|
All
my life is empty since I went away…
|
Oh
how I want you dear old pal of mine…
|
-black
on white
-photo
of Lieut. Rice who was a victim of gas attack at Vimy Ridge
|
|
WWI
65
|
For
King and Country
|
Robert
Harkness
|
1914
|
Robert
Harkness Ltd.
|
London
and Toronto
|
3
|
Bb
|
4/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Allegro
maestoso
|
We
must fight for our King and Country…
|
We
must fight for our King and Country…
|
-red
and blue on white
-photo
on king and union jack
|
|
WWI
66
|
Good-Bye-ee
|
R.
P. Weston and Bert Lee
|
1917
|
Francis,
Day and Hunter
|
London
(also New York and Sydney)
|
5
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Allegro
moderato
|
Brother
Bertie went away To do his bit the other day…
|
Good-bye-ee!
good-bye-ee! Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee
|
-black
on white
-words
with leaves behind
-gives
names of three singers (two female one male)
|
|
WWI
67
|
I
Will Repay
|
F.
V. St. Clair
|
1915
|
E.
Marks & Son
|
London
|
2
|
G
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Alla
marcia
|
Why
is old England sad at heart today…
|
Sons
of a grand old Empire, Sons of the brave and free..
|
-black
on white
-“In
memory of Edith Cavell”
-photo
of somebody (possibly the composer?)
|
|
WWI
68
|
The
National Anthems of the Allies
|
Various
|
WWI
|
G.
Schirmer Ltd.
|
London
(also
New York and Boston)
|
8
|
Various
|
Various
|
-piano
and voice
|
Various
|
Includes:
Great Britain (as well as Rule Britannia)
France
Belgium
Russia
Japan
|
Various
|
-blue
lettering on white
-colour
image of the five flags
|
|
WWI
69
|
National
Songs of the Allies
|
Harmonized
and Arr. By Arthur Grenville
|
1914
|
Joseph
William Ltd.
|
London
|
19
|
Various
|
Various
|
-piano
and voice
|
Various
|
Includes:
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, France, Belgium,
Czechoslovakia, Norway, Netherlands, Poland
|
Various
|
-red
and blue striped border also gold crowns
-blue
and red lettering
|
|
WWI
70
|
Oh!
Frenchy
|
Words:
Sam Ehrlich
Music:
Con Conrao
|
1918
|
Broadway
Music Corporation
|
New
York
|
2
|
F
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marcia
moderato
|
Rosie
Green was a village queen who enlisted as a nurse…
|
Frenchy,
Oh Frenchy, Frenchy, Although you language is so new to me…
|
-red
words on blue background
-nurse
with arm around shoulder of mustached French soldier who gazes
up at her adoringly
-little
hearts floating around them
-fleur
de lys above his head
|
|
WWI
71
|
Pack
up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag
|
Words:
George Asaf
Music:
Felix Powell
|
1915
|
Francis,
Day & Hunter
|
London
and New York
|
5
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di Marcia
|
Private
Perks is a funny little codger with a smile - a funny smile…
|
Pack
up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile…
|
-black
on while
|
|
WWI
72
|
Red
Letter Supplement of Up-to-Date War Songs
|
Various
|
1914
|
From
an English newspaper (unknown which specifically)
|
England
|
7
|
Various
|
Various
|
-piano
and voice
|
Various
|
Includes:
Marching Through Belgium
D’ye
Ken John French
|
And:
Loudly Britain’s Voice in Calling
To
Berlin
|
N/A
|
|
WWI
73
|
Roses
of Picardy
|
Words:
Fred Weatherly
Music:
Haydn Wood
|
1916
|
Chappell
& Co Ltd.
|
London
(also
New York and Toronto)
|
6
|
g-,
Bb
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Brightly
(Almost two beats in a bar), Chorus: slowly
|
She
is watching by the poplars, Colinette with the sea blue eyes…
|
Roses
are flow’ring in Picardy, but there’s never a rose
like you…
|
-simple
black lettering on white
|
|
WWI
74
|
The
Soldiers of the King (Copy #1)
|
Leslie
Stuart
|
1914
|
T.
B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter
|
New
York
|
4
|
Ab
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Marziale
|
Britons
once did loyally declaim About the way we rul’d the waves…
|
It’s
the soldiers of the King, my lads, who’ve been, my lads,
who’re seen, my lads…
|
-black
on white
-“The
Great English War Song”-
|
|
WWI
75-76
|
‘Till
the Boys Come Home
(2
copies)
|
Words:
Leslie Guilbert Ford
Music:
Ivor Novello
|
1914
|
Chappell
& Co. Ltd.
|
New
York and Toronto
|
5
|
F
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di Marcia, marcato
|
They
were summoned from the hillside, They were called in from
the glen…
|
Keep
the home fires burning, While your hearts are yearning…
|
-black
on white
|
|
WWI
77
|
Tipperaryland
|
Arr.
Sydney Baynes
|
1914
|
B.
Feldman & Co.
|
London
|
10
(but missing pages 4-7)
|
Starts
in Bb (also Eb, G, C, D) possibly others
|
Starts
in 6/8
(also
2/4, 3/4, C) possibly others
|
-voice
and piano
-also
published for full orchestra, small orchestra, brass band,
brass and reed band
|
Allegro
moderato
|
Various
|
Various
|
-green
on white -shamrocks around the title
-gives
list of all the songs included in the medley
|
|
WWI
78-80
|
Your
King & Country Want You
(3
copies)
|
Paul
A. Rubens
|
1914
|
Chappell
& Co. Ltd.
|
London
(also New York, Toronto, Melbourne)
|
4
|
D
|
C
|
-piano
and voice
|
Tempo
di Marcia, rather slowly and quite simply, Chorus: slow march
time
|
We’ve
watched you play cricket, And ev’ry kind of game…
|
Oh!
We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go…
|
-black
on white
-single
woman standing with open arms
-“A
woman’s recruiting song”
-“Dedicated
by Special Permission to Her Majesty the Queen”
-one
is the “colonial edition”
-on
the other copies “The entire profits form the sale of
this song will be devoted to Queen Mary’s “Work
for Women” fund”
|