The Russians Were Rushin', the Yanks Started Yankin'
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The Russians Were Rushin', The Yanks Started Yankin' is a World War I song written by Carey Morgan and composed by Charles R. McCarron.[1] The song was first published in 1918 by Broadway Music Corporation in New York, NY. The sheet music cover depicts an elderly man smoking a pipe with silhouetted soldiers across the top and bottom.[2]
This song was reprinted at least twice and was recorded by Arthur Fields.[3]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]
References
- ^ 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. 232. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433
- ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 563. ISBN 0-7864-2799-X. OCLC 71790113.
- ^ Paas, John Roger (2014). America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. p. 255. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420..
- ^ McCarron, Chas. R., Carey Morgan, and E. E. Walton. 1918. The Russians were rushin': the Yanks started yankin' . New York: Broadway Music Corp. OCLC 25600909
- Bibliography
- Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
- Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420
- Rubin, Richard. 2014. The last of the doughboys: the forgotten generation and their forgotten World War. ISBN 9780544290488 OCLC 854944438
- 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