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Over the Top (1917 song)

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"Over the Top (song)"
Sheet Music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Composer(s)Maxwell Goldman
Lyricist(s)Marion Phelps

Over the Top is a World War I song written by Marion Phelps and composed by Maxwell Goldman.[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Buck & Lowney in New York, NY. The sheet music features soldiers crawling from a trench and attacking.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ 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. 226. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ Goldman, Maxwell, and Marian Phelps. 1917. Over the top. OCLC 76695419