Let's All Be Americans Now
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| "Let's All Be Americans Now" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover, 1917 | |
| Song | |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1917 |
| Songwriters | Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie, and George W. Meyer |
Let's All Be Americans Now is a World War I song written and composed by Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie, and George W. Meyer.[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., in New York, NY, appearing in the Broadway musical, 'Dance and Grow Thin'.[2] The sheet music cover depicts a soldier with his rifle and silhouetted marching soldiers in the background.[3] A popular recording in 1917 was made by the American Quartet.[4]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[5]
References
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- ^ Berlin, Irving, Edgar Leslie, and George W. Meyer. 1917. Let's all be Americans now. OCLC 893527555
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. OCLC 71790113
- Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. OCLC 892462420
- 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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. OCLC 32241433
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