Goodbye, France

"Goodbye, France"
"Goodbye, France"
Song

Goodbye, France is a World War I era song written and composed by Irving Berlin and published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.

Reception

Goodbye, France was released by The Peerless Quartet in January 1919. The song peaked at 9th on song charts in the US.^[1]

1st Verse:

"I can picture the boys 'over there,'

Making plenty of noise 'over there,'

And if I'm not wrong,

It won't be long,

Ere a certain song will fill the air;

It's all very clear,

The time's drawing near

When they'll be marching down to the pier,

singing:"

Chorus:

"Goodbye, France,

We'd love to linger longer,

But we must go home.

Folks are waiting to welcome us

Across the foam;

We were glad to stand side by side with you,

Mightily proud to have died with you.

So goodbye, France,

You'll never be forgotten by the U.S.A."

2nd Verse:

"Goodbye, France,

"They are waiting for one happy day,

When the word comes to start on their way;

With a tear-dimmed eye

They'll say goodbye,

But their hearts will cry hip-hip hooray!

The friends that they made

Will wish that they stayed,

As they start on their homeward parade, singing"

Chorus

Audio file of Goodbye, France "Goodbye, France". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 November 2015.