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Sgt. MacKenzie" is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), [1] in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. It has been used in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers and the ending scene of the 2012 film End of Watch .
Monod, David. "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier: : Popular Song and American Neutrality, 1914–1917" War in History (2017) 24#4: 438-457. Abstract; Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: Songs of World Wars I & II. Recorded Anthology of American Music, 1977. OCLC 221633326
I'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina; I'm Going to Follow the Boys; I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye; I'm Proud to Be the Sweetheart of a Soldier; I'm Sorry I Made You Cry; I'm Writing to You, Sammy; I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now; If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!
"I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina" is a World War I era song written and composed by Billy Baskette and Jessie Spiess. [1] The song was published in 1918 by McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. of New York City. The sheet music cover was designed by Andre C. De Takacs. It features an armed soldier tearing through the cover. [2]
"Mrs. McGrath" is an Irish song describing a young man named Ted who enters the British Army and returns seven years later having lost his legs to a cannonball while fighting against Napoleon presumably at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (fought between 3 and 5 May 1811).
Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914–1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2007. ISBN 0-7864-2798-1 OCLC 71790113; Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10278-0.
"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile" is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by Welsh songwriter George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother Felix Powell. [1] [2] The song is best remembered for its chorus. [3]
The song was written for both voice and piano. [3] [4] On December 10, 1918, Lauder recorded the song with conductor Josef Pasternack. It was released by Victor Records. [5] The lyrics are a celebration of the end of war. The chorus, the proclamations of excited soldiers, is as follows: [6] "Hurray, the war is over! Hurray, the fight is won!