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I Ain't Got Weary Yet!

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"I Ain't Got Weary Yet!"
Sheet music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1918
Composer(s)Percy Wenrich
Lyricist(s)Howard Johnson

"I Ain't Got Weary Yet!" is a World War I song written by Howard Johnson and composed by Percy Wenrich.[1] It was published in 1918 by Leo Feist Inc., in New York City. The sheet music cover depicts Americans overtaking Germans while a plane flies overhead. Three vignettes depict soldiers digging, a soldier holding his bride, and a nurse tending to a wounded soldier.[2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Vogel 1995, p. 189.
  2. ^ Parker 2007, p. 110.
  3. ^ Wenrich, Percy; Johnson, Howard E. (1918). I ain't got weary yet!. New York: Leo Feist Inc. OCLC 20120335.

Bibliography

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  • Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
  • Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.