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You Keep Sending 'Em Over and We'll Keep Knocking 'Em Down

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"You Keep Sending 'Em Over and We'll Keep Knocking 'Em Down"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Songwriter(s)Composer: Harry Ruby
Lyricist: Sidney D. Mitchell

You Keep Sending 'Em Over and We'll Keep Knocking 'Em Down is a World War I song written by Sidney D. Mitchell and composed by Harry Ruby.[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., in New York, NY. The sheet music cover depicts a soldier on top of a trench ladder uses his rifle as a club with an inset photo of Eddie Cantor.[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. 282. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 805. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Sidney D., Harry Ruby, and Barbelle. 1919. You keep sending 'em over and we'll keep knocking 'em down. New York: Waterson, Berlin, & Synder Co. OCLC 768489354

Bibliography

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  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • Scheurer, Timothy E. 1991. Born in the USA: the myth of America in popular music from colonial times to the present. Jackson: Univ. Pr. of Mississippi. ISBN 0878054960 OCLC 246537144
  • 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