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"We're Going Over the Top"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Composer(s)Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, and Arthur Lange

"We're Going Over the Top" is a World War I song written by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, and Arthur Lange. It was published in 1917 by Joe Morris Music Co., in New York, NY.[1][2] The sheet music cover, designed by Starmer, illustrates a battlefield scene with a tank moving over the top of a trench and soldiers inside the trench getting out of the way of the tank. Behind the tank soldiers march up the field.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, as well as the University of Maine.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 767. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  2. ^ 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. p. 265. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  3. ^ a b Sterling, Andrew B., Arthur Lange, Bernie Grossman, and Starmer. 1918. We're going over the top. New York: Joe Morris Music Co. http://pritzkermilitarylibrary.worldcat.org/search?qt=wc_org_prefix%20&q=no:47374626 OCLC 47374626
  4. ^ Grossman, Bernie; Lange, Arthur; and Sterling, "We're Going Over The Top." (1918). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 2399. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/2399

Bibliography

  • Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. ISBN 1556110995. OCLC 18135644
  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433