Goodbye, France
Goodbye, France or "Good-bye France (You'll Never Be Forgotten by the U.S.A.)" is a World War I era song written and composed by Irving Berlin and published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc., in New York City.[1] The sheet music cover, illustrated by Albert Wilfred Barbelle, features French and American soldiers shaking hands with the Statue of Liberty in the background.[2]
| "Goodbye, France" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover, 1918 | |
| Song by the Peerless Quartet | |
| Published | 1918 |
| Released | January 1919 |
| Songwriter(s) | Irving Berlin |
| Audio sample | |
Goodbye, Franco, performed by the Peerless Quartet (1918) | |
Reception
editPopular recordings of Goodbye, France in 1919 were by The Peerless Quartet and by Nora Bayes.[3]
Lyrics
edit1st 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
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 504. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
External links
edit- Audio file of Goodbye, France "Goodbye, France". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Berlin, Irving (1918). Good-bye France: (you'll never be forgotten by the U.S.A.). New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder. OCLC 74491292.