[All information in square brackets was not indicated
on the songs themselves and has been obtained from the National Library
of Canada website].
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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
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# Page
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Key
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Time Signature
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Medium
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Notations
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First Line
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Chorus
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Cover
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WWI 1-2
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The Best Old Flag
on Earth
(2 copies)
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Charles F. Harrison
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1914
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Charles F. Harrison
& Co.
|
Vancouver and Toronto
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3
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C
|
C, 2/4
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-piano and voice
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Marziale
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Though England’s
foes may assail her…
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Then give three
cheers, Three British cheers For the old Red, White and Blue…
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-union jack (takes
up entire cover)
-black lettering
over top
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WWI 3
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The Boys Who Fight
for Freedom
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Bert and Lester
Berry
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1917
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Berry Publishing
Co.
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Winnipeg
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3
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C
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C
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-piano and voice
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Tempo di marcia
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Bugle calls are
sounding, Sounding ev’rywhere…
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For the boys who
love a land of freedom Are the boys who fight for Britain’s
name…
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-black words on
white background
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WWI 4
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Boys from Canada
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Alta-Lind Cook
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1915
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Whaley, Royce &
Co.
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Toronto and Winnipeg
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3
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Ab
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4/4
|
-piano and voice
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Con spirito, Chorus:
con fuoco
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The country of
the maple sends her sons across the sea…
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We’re the
Boys from Canada Glad to serve Britannia…
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-black on white
-title on a banner
surrounded by maple leaves
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WWI 5-6
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By Order of the
King
(2 copies)
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Albert E. MacNutt
and M. F. Kelly
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1915
|
The Anglo-Canadian
Music Publishers’ Association
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Toronto
|
3
|
G
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2/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di marcia,
Moderato
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The Empire’s
pride, stand side by side, Upon the battle field…
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By order of the
king (God bless him) we’ll and win or die…
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-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”
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WWI 7
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The Call
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Words: T. Pritchard
Music: Jules Brazil
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[1914-1918]
|
Independent Publishing
Co.
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Goderich
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4
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Bb
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6/8
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-piano and voice
|
Marcia
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Don’t you
hear the bugle calling, Calling for good men and true…
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Come come the boys
are calling, Calling over the main…
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-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…)
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WWI 8
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The Call of the
King
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Words: James A.
Ross
Music: Mary Gilmour
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1916
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Whaley, Royce &
Co.
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Toronto and Winnipeg
|
3
|
Eb
|
6/8
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-piano and voice
|
Marcia
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Your King is calling
you to fight the foreign foe…
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Then Hark the call
of the Britain’s King…
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-black on white
-“The First
Great Recruiting Song”
-“Dedicated
to the all the brave men who wear the king’s uniform”
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WWI 9
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The Call of the
Motherland
|
Edward W. Miller
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1914
|
The Anglo-Canadian
Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Ab
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo marziale
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There’s a
humming on the cable, there’s a whisper in the air…
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When war’s
alarms, and the call to arms, Come across from the Motherland…
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-red and black
lettering on white
-“sung by…”
(lists 8 people)
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WWI 10
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Canada, Fall In!
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Edward W. Miller
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1915
|
The Anglo-Canadian
Music Publishers’ Association
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Toronto
|
3
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Eb
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C, 2/4
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-piano and voice
|
Tempo marziale
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It isn’t enough
to read the daily papers…
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We’ve laid
down the hammer and picked up the gun…
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-red and black
and white
-no graphics
-a “patriotic
recruiting song”
-‘Canada Fall
In’ is in huge red letters in the middle
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WWI 11
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Days of Peace
|
Herbert Kohler
|
1915
|
Thompson Publishing
Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
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Eb
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3/4
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-piano
|
Andante
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N/A
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N/A
|
-pink and green
on white
-young woman looking
over her shoulder, inset of calm river in a green valley
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WWI 12
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Don’t you
Hear the Call Laddie?
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Words: A. H. M.
Reed
Music: A. S. L.
May
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1916
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The Independent
Publishing Co.
|
Goderich
|
3
|
D
|
6/8, 4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Allegro
Tempo di marcia,
Chorus: brillante
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Don’t you
hear the Call Laddie…
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Duty is calling
why should you stay…
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-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
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WWI 13
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England’s
Daughter and A Scrap of Paper
|
Words: Rich L.
Werry
Music G. Harold
Brown
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1914
|
R. L. Werry
|
Montreal
|
2
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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?)
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WWI 14
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Flying
|
Will J. White
Arr. Jules Brazil
|
1918
|
Musgrave Brothers
|
Toronto
|
2
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D
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3/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di valse
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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
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WWI 15
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Freedom is Our
Battle Cry
|
J. Leonard Barrie
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1916
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J. Leonard Barrie
|
Richmond (Quebec)
|
3
|
F
|
6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di marcia
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In the Province
of Quebec what more could you expect…
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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)
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WWI 16
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God Bless Our Empire
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Bert and Lester
Berry
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1916
|
The Berry Publishing
Co.
|
Winnipeg
|
3
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Ab
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2/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato
|
There’s an
Empire whose dominions reach out North, South, East and West…
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God bless our Empire
and the lads across the sea…
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-black on white
-two photos pf
men in uniform, one signed
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WWI 17
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God Protect My
Daddy
|
John D. Curran
Arr. Jules Brazil
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1918
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Ideal Music
|
Toronto
|
2
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G
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3/4
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-piano and voice
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Tempo di valse
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A dear little girl
kissed her Mamma “Good-night”…
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Good protect my
Daddy, Send him home some day…
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-white on green
-small girl praying
beside her bed
-photo of Adelene
Mayrint (child vocalist)
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WWI 18
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Good-bye Girls
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Morris Manley
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1918
|
G. M. Lawson Publisher
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Toronto
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2
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Bb
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C
|
-piano and voice
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N/A
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We gave a farewell
party for a girl named Mary Brown…
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Good-bye girls
I’ll be sailing on the Transport tomorrow…
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-red and blue on
white
-woman in red cross
uniform waving good-bye from ship sailing away
-photo of Mildred
Manley (child vocalist)
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WWI 19
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Goodbye Mother
Dear
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Morris Manley
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1916
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Morris Manley
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Toronto
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2
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G
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2/4
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-piano and voice
|
Marcia (not fast)
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A mother and her
only son together sat one night…
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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
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WWI 20-21
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Good Luck to the
Boys of the Allies
(2 copies)
|
Morris Manley
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1915
|
Morris Manley
|
Toronto and Windsor
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4
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F
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2/4 and 6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Marcia
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It’s jolly
good luck to Johhnie Cannuck…
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Good luck to the
boys of the allies…
|
-brown on white
-photo of troops
in uniform, in formation (probably training somewhere in Canada,
Valcartier?)
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WWI 22
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Hats Off to the
Flag and the King
|
Will J. White
Arr. Jules Brazil
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1916
|
Musgrave Bothers
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Toronto
|
3
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F
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2/4 and 4/4
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-piano and voice
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Marcia
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B stands for Briton
that we love so well…
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It’s the flag
that will protect us…
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-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
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WWI 23
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The Hearts of the
World Love Canada
|
Will J. White
Arr. Jules Brazil
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1918
|
Musgrave Brothers
|
Toronto
|
2
|
Bb
|
C and 6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato
|
Where oh! Where
are the men of Canada…
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Yes the Hearts
of the World love Canada…
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-white on pink
-hearts around
the letters of the word hearts
-globes around
the word world
-photo of composer
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WWI 24
|
Here’s to
the Boys of the 1-6-0
|
Muriel Farrell
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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…
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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
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WWI 25
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His Name’s
on the Roll of Honour
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Words – Sergt.
J. Bruno
Music – Bomber
H. Rose
Arr. John W. Gray
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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
|
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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
|
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WWI 28
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Home Sweet Home
For You We’re Fighting
|
Words: Joe Lawson
Music: Gordon V.
Thompson
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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)
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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 on white
-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”
|
|
#
|
Title
|
Composer
|
Date
|
Publisher
|
City
|
# Page
|
Key
|
Time Signature
|
Medium
|
Notations
|
First Line
|
Chorus
|
Cover
|
|
Pre WWI 1
|
Canadian Patrol
|
Arthur Llewellyn
|
1911
|
Musgrave Bros &
Davies
|
Toronto
|
6
|
C and Bb
|
2/4, C,
|
-piano
|
Tempo di Marcia
|
Includes: British
Grenadiers, O Canada, Rule Britannia, The Buffs, Highland Laddie,
the Maple Leaf, The King
|
N/A
|
-crest and flag
-sun shining behind
-red and blue print
-list of songs
included in the medley
|
|
Pre WWI 2
|
Coronation Medley
|
Arr. Fred R. Weaver
|
1911
|
Musgrave Bros.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
C
|
6/8
|
-piano
|
N/A
|
Includes: Queens
Own Reg. March, Cock O’ the North, Highlan’ Laddie,
Men of Harlech, The Maple Leaf Forever, British Grenadiers
|
And: Rule Britannia,
O Canada, The Red, White and Blue, God Save the King
|
-decorated officer
on a horse brandishing a sword, at a fort somewhere, small soldier
figures in the background
-Coronation in
large yellow and green letters
-flag and maple
leaves
|
|
Pre WWI 3-4
|
It’s a Long
Long Way to Tipperary
(2 copies)
|
Jack Judge and
Harry Williams
|
1912
|
B. Feldman
|
London
|
4
|
Bb
|
2/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Allegro con spirito
|
Up to mighty London
came an Irish man one day…
|
It’s a long
way to Tipperary…
|
-“The Marching
Anthem on the Battlefields of Europe”
-“Sung by
the soldiers of the King”
-photo of the king
|
|
Pre WWI 5
|
It’s the Man
Behind the Gun who Does the Work
|
Words: Raymond
A. Browne
Music: Theo F.
Morse
|
[1899 or 1900]
|
Imperial Music
Publishing House
|
[Toronto]
|
3
|
Ab
|
6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di marcia
|
The man who leads
an army or the man who guides a fleet…
|
On land or sea;
Where-ever he may be; No matter if a thousand dangers lurk…
|
-(music and lyrics
printed in blue ink)
-red and blue and
white (VERY little white left!)
-doesn’t give
any info re: composer etc. on front
-instead advertisement
for piano company (central focus of the page is image of the factory…)
-two figures (army
and navy gun men?)
|
|
Pre WWI 6
|
The Soldiers of
the King (Copy #2)
|
Leslie Stuart
|
1898
|
The Anglo-Canadian
Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Eb
|
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…
|
-red and black
lettering
-image of British
soldier in full uniform (fuzzy black hat etc.)
|
|
Pre WWI 7-8
|
The Soldiers of
the Queen
(2 copies)
|
Leslie Stuart
|
1898
|
The Anglo-Canadian
Music Publishers’ Association
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Eb
|
C
|
-piano and voice
|
Marziale
|
Britons once did
loyally declaim About the way we rul’d the waves…
|
It’s the soldiers
of the Queen, my lads, who’ve been, my lads, who’re
seen, my lads…
|
-red and black
lettering
-image of British
soldier in full uniform (fuzzy black hat etc.)
|
|
Pre WWI 9
|
A Song of Canada
|
Percy Semon
|
1909
|
Chappell &
Co Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
5
|
Eb
|
C
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato alla marcia
|
A land with glorious
sunshine blest…
|
N/A
|
-words in red white
and blue
-soldier on horseback
bearing a flag on a rocky promontory surrounded by inspired soldiers
-“Dominion
series of Empire Songs”
|
|
Pre WWI 10
|
Songs of the British
Empire
|
Words: Robert Todd
Music: C. Lavalle
|
1909
|
A. Cox & Co.
|
Ottawa
|
22
|
Various
|
Various
|
-piano and voice
|
Various
|
Includes: O Canada
God Save the King
The Maple Leaf
for Ever
Rule Britannia
Just Before the
Battle Mother
The Red White and
Blue
The Girl I Left
Behind Me
|
And: Tenting on
the Old Camp Ground
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
The Minstrel Boy
Death of Nelson
Beside the Camp
Fire, Idly Dreaming
Soldier’s
Farewell
The Harp that Once
Through Tara’s Halls
|
-“ Three Cheers
for the Red, White and Blue”
-blue and red writing
-blue and red decorations
|
|
Pre WWI 11-12
|
Tommy, March Song
and Chorus
(2 copies)
|
William H. Penn
|
[1900-1910]
|
[H. H. Sparks]
|
[Toronto]
|
3
|
G
|
6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Marziale
|
Now Tommy was a
soldier boy who marched behind the band…
|
Oh Tommy you are
my soldier boy…
|
-brown and white
-battle scene with
guns and shells going off
-one man lying
wounded, others running
-big drum central
with Tommy’s (?) face on it
-the second version
is black and white with a photo of a woman on the front cover
(“The Comfort Popular Music”)
|
|
Pre WWI 13
|
Varsity March and
Two-Step
|
F. A. Fralick
|
1908
|
F. A. Fralick
|
N/A
|
4
|
F
|
6/8
|
-piano
|
Marcato
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
-blue and white
-“Dedicated
to the students of Toronto”
-pennant, book,
football, and grad cap
|
|
#
|
Title
|
Composer
|
Date
|
Publisher
|
City
|
# Page
|
Key
|
Time Signature
|
Medium
|
Notations
|
First Line
|
Chorus
|
Cover
|
|
WWII 1
|
All the World’s
Proud of England Now
|
Eddie Foley
|
1941
|
Edward M. Foley
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Marcia
|
If London bridge
is falling down So are the Hun planes too…
|
All proud of England
now, The world stands by in admiration…
|
-black on white
-“Respectfully
dedicated to the Brave men and women of England”
-image of seated
woman, holding trident, anchor at her feet, a shield at her side
bearing the image of the union jack
-“The song
with a melody you can’t resist and a beautiful tribute to
heroic England”
|
|
WWII 2
|
The Canadian and
Respond – Buy a Bond
|
T. Reg. Sloan
|
WWII
|
N/A
|
Hamilton
|
1
|
None
|
None
|
-lyrics only
|
N/A
|
Come buy you War
Bonds, don’t delay…
AND
Come along, You
can’t go wrong…
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
WWII 3
|
Carry On (En Avant)
|
Words: Stanley
Maxted and Gordon V. Thompson
Music: Ernest Dainty
|
1940
|
Gordon V. Thompson
|
Toronto
|
4
|
G
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Allegro marziale
|
There’s a
happy phrase that can brighten all your days…
|
All pull together
thru the stormy weather, Carry on, Carry on, Carry on…
|
-red background,
black letters
-photo of broadly
smiling musicians walking with linked arms
-“Featured
by the C.B.C. happy gang”
|
|
WWII 4
|
Comin’ in
on a Wing and a Prayer
|
Words: Harold Adamson
Music: Jimmy McHugh
|
1943
|
Robbins Music Corporation
|
New York
|
4
|
F
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderately
|
One of our planes
was missing, two hours overdue…
|
Comin’ in
on a wing and a prayer, Tho’ there’s one motor gone
we can still carry on…
|
-red print with
pale blue and white (for fluffy clouds) with the silhouette of
an airplane
-prominent photo
in red of Lanny Ross (who features this song)
-small advertisement
for war bonds and victory stamps
|
|
WWII 5
|
God bless the Shores
of England
|
Ada Mary Clark
and T. Reg. Sloan
|
1940
|
T. Reg. Sloan
|
Hamilton
|
1
|
G
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
N/A
|
God bless the shores
of England and bless each tower and hall…
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
WWII 6
|
Here We Come the
Boys of Canada
|
Hubert Beckett
|
1940
|
Hubert Beckett
|
Hamilton
|
3
|
G
|
6/8
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di marcia
|
The country that
I live in is the land of liberty…
|
Here we come the
boys of Canada…
|
-colour
-four drummers
of different divisions of the military (all fairly WASP-ish)
-flag above them
gives title (red, white and blue stripes)
|
|
WWII 7
|
Land We Love
|
Bernard Hamblen
|
1940
|
Gordon V. Thompson
Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
Bb
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato con spirito
|
There’s an
empire we love, Thro’ the wide world ‘tis scattered…
|
N/A
|
-black on white
-“A song of
Empire, patriotic song”
|
|
WWII 8
|
Let’s Make
a Job of it Now…
|
Freddy Grant and
Harold Walker
|
1943
|
Gordon V. Thompson
Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Slow march tempo
|
More than twenty
years ago Pappy went to fight the foe…
|
Let’s make
a job of it this time, Let’s make a job of it now…
|
-brown, blue and
white
-from “The
Army Show”
-chorus line of
girls being directed by a fierce looking drill sergeant
|
|
WWII 9
|
A Million Cheers
for England
|
Words: Ada Mary
Clark
Music: Edward Miller
|
1941
|
Draper Music Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
G
|
2/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo marziale
|
A million cheers
for England That rugged little isle…
|
Proudly her standard
waves on high, That glorious land we cherish…
|
-black on white
-union jack flying
in a fluffy cloudy sky
|
|
WWII 10
|
There’ll Always
be an England!
|
Ross Parker and
Hughie Charles
|
1939
|
Gordon V. Thompson
Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Tempo di marcia
|
I give you a toast
ladies and gentlemen…
|
There’ll always
be an England While there’s a country lane…
|
-blue background
-red lettering
-big ben in the
background
|
|
WWII 11
|
Three Cheers for
Churchill
|
Sadie Edwards Loney
|
1941
|
Draper Music Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato
|
There was a man
in Europe with a dream of mighty power…
|
There’s a
man at the helm of the British ship, of the “British bull-dog”
breed…
|
-black on white
-picture of Churchill
looking out at you stoically
|
|
WWII 12
|
Thumbs Up!
|
Mary Carmichael
Morrison
|
1940
|
Draper Music Co.
|
Toronto
|
4
|
F
|
2/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Smartly
|
There’s a
steady beat of a million feet a marching…
|
Thumbs up! Thumbs
up! That’s the way…
|
-black on white
-sketch of smiling
pilot with two thumbs up
|
|
WWII 13
|
Till the Lights
of London Shine Again
|
Tommy Connor and
Eddie Pola
|
1939
|
Canadian Music
Sales Corp. Ltd.
|
Toronto
|
2
|
G
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Moderato
|
Remember that last
night we danc’d together In our Piccadilly rendezvous?
|
For a while we
must part, But remember me sweetheart…
|
-red (pink) and
white on blue
-shows a bustling,
brightly lit street corner (presumably in London)
|
|
WWII 14
|
Victory Cavalcade
|
T. Reg. Sloan
|
1940
|
Primogram Publishers
|
Hamilton
|
4
|
F
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Brightly
|
What is the commotion?
Now I’ve got a notion something is in the air…
|
Three little dots
and one long dash, ‘Round the world send the welcome flash…
|
-white lettering
on blue
-big red V at the
beginning of Victory
-smiling soldier
in uniform gives the sign for victory (popping up out of the middle
of the V)
-“Introduced
and featured by “Ritzin’ the Blitz” All soldier
review”
|
|
WWII 15
|
Victory Loan
|
N/A
|
1941
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1
|
N/A
|
N/A/
|
Lyrics only
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Includes: O Canada
Land of Hope and
Glory
God Save the King
The Maple Leaf
Forever
We’ll Never
Let the Old Flag Fall
Keep the Home Fires
Burning
Jerusalem
Wings over the
Navy
Soldiers of the
King
Rule Britannia
There’ll Always
be an England
|
N/A
For Victory Loan
1941, Torch Day Ceremonies, June 5, 1941
“Help Finish
the Job”
|
|
WWII 16
|
Victory Recessional
|
T. Reginald Sloan
|
1944
|
Primogram
|
Hamilton
|
1
|
C
|
4/4
|
-piano and voice
|
Maestoso
|
Sing ye people
sing His praise, Now in joy your voices raise…
|
Sheathe we the
Sword the Sword of might…
|
-black on white
-“The Hymn
of Victory”
|
|
WWII 17
|
We’ve Rolled
Up the Old Umbrella (and grabbed our old tin hat)
|
T. R. Sloan
|
1939
|
T. R. Sloan
|
Hamilton
|
3
|
Bb
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
March time
|
Oh a gentleman
from England, He crossed the river Rhine…
|
Oh, We’ve
rolled up the old umbrella and we’ve hung up the old walking
cane…
|
-blue background,
black words
-white umbrella
and tin hat
|
|
WWII 18
|
When the Boys Come
Marching Home
|
Eddie Foley
|
1943
|
Edward M. Foley
|
Toronto
|
3
|
Bb
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Marcia
|
Loving hearts will
welcome back, Johnny Doughboy Wave and Waac…
|
When the boys come
home again And the world is free again…
|
-black on white
-four figures marching
home
-three men (army,
navy, air force) and one women (red cross nurse?)
-“With the
lovely chorus from the million dollar hit song”
-“The Song
that all America is now singing, whistling, and humming; and the
sweetest song of the century with a haunting melody”
-“Easily Eddie
Foley’s crowning achievement”
|
|
WWII 19
|
When the Lights
Go On Again (All Over the World)
|
Eddie Seiler, Sol
Marcus, Bennie Benjemen
|
1942
|
Campbell, Loft
& Porgie Inc.
|
New York
|
2
|
Eb
|
Cut
|
-piano and voice
|
Slowly (with expression)
|
When we have our
victory And we’ve added to our history…
|
When the lights
go on again all over the world and the boys are home again…
|
-white on blue
-the globe with
a lamppost shining light over it (emanating from somewhere in
America – SE)
|
