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World War One Songs
Early Recordings from 1918 Victrola

(New 12 Tape/CD Set)

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All World War One Songs listed below were recorded on 60 minute cassette/CD from a 1918 hand cranked victrola using special equipment to enhance and retain the characteristic victrola sound. To order please send $11.95 for each tape or $16.95 for each CD plus $4.95 shipping/handling per order (US and Canada), your name and address, and the tapes/CDs requested to:

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World War One Songs Tape/CD 1

1. German National Song performed by Carl Schlegel
2. Watch on the Rhine performed by Carl Schlegel
3. Belgium National Air performed by Victor Military Band
4. La Marseillaise performed by Sousa's Band
5. Rule Brittania performed by Prince's Military Band
6. Your King and Country Want You performed Elsie Baker
7. For King and Country performed by Edward Hamilton
8. The British Bulldogs Watching at the Door performed by Sir Harry Lauder
9. Its A Long Long Way to Tipperary performed by the American Quartet
10. Ta Ta My Bonnie Maggie Darling performed by Sir Harry Lauder
11. Arrival of British Troops in France (1) performed by Brooks and Ridout
12. Arrival of British Troops in France (2) performed by Brooks and Ridout
13. Granny's Laddie performed by Sir Harry Lauder
14. Joan of Arc performed by Henry Burr
15. The Girl Who Wears a Red Cross on Her Sleeve performed by William Barnes
16. Rosie performed by Sir Harry Lauder
17. I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier performed by Morton Harvey
18. Stay Down Here Where You Belong performed by Henry Burr

World War One Songs Tape/CD 2

1. Wake Up America performed by Frederick Wheeler
2. America I Love You performed by The American Quartet
3. You'll Be There performed by Peerless Quartet
4. The Assembly of the Allies performed by Princes Band
5. America performed by Reinald Werrenrath
6. France performed by Lambert Murphy
7. Do Something performed by Arthur Fields
8. Liberty Bell performed by Peerless Quartet
9. L-I-B-E-R-T-Y performed by Henry Burr
10. When Uncle Sammy Leads The Band performed by Peerless Quartet
11. Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You performed by Irving Kaufman
12. For Your Country and My Country performed by Peerless Quartette
13. Over Yonder performed by Henry Burr
14. Throw No Stones in the Well That Gives You Water performed by Arthur Fields
15. Our Boys in a US Training Camp performed by Princes Band
16. Army Bugle Calls (1) performed by Sousa's Coronet and Trumpet Section
17. Army Bugle Calls (2) performed by Coronets and Trumpets of Arthur Pryor's Band
18. The Call to the Colors performed by William Sterling Battis
19. The Meaning of Our Flag performed by William Sterling Battis

World War One Songs Tape/CD 3

1. The Laddies Who Fought and Won performed by Sir Harry Lauder
2. The Last Long Mile performed by Charles Hart
3. Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile performed by Edward Hamilton
4. Oh How I Hate to get up in the Morning performed by Arthur Fields
5. The Greatest Battle Song of All performed by Irving Kaufman
6. That's How You Can Tell They're Iris performed by Van and Schenck
7. Lafayette We Hear You Calling performed by Reinald Werrenrath
8. Over There (vocal) performed by American Quartette
9. Over There (instr) performed by Princes Band
10. America Here's My Boy performed by Peerless Quartet
11. Any Old Place the Gang Goes performed by William J. Reilly
12. For Your Boy and My Boy performed by Peerless Quartet
13. Freedom For All Forever performed by Reinald Werrenrath
14. Goodbye Dolly Gray performed by Hugh Donovan and Broadway Quartette
15. I'm Just an Old Jay From the USA performed by Byron G. Harlan
16. Indianola performed by Billy Murray
17. It's A Long Way to Berlin but We'll Get There performed by Arthur Fields
18. Laddie Boy performed by Burr and Campbell

World War One Songs Tape/CD 4

1. Let's All Be Americans Now performed byAmerican Quartet
2. Our Country's In It Now performed by Orpheus Quartet
3. That Grand Old Gentleman Uncle Sam performed by Arthur Hall
4. The Old Grey Mare performed by Collins and Harlan
5. There'll Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight performed by Arthur Fields and Peerless Quartette
6. They'll Be Mighty Proud in Dixie of Their Old Black Joe performed by Campbell and Burr
7. We Don't Want the Bacon performed by Peerless Quartet
8. We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser performed by Arthur Fields and Peerless Quartet
9. Your Country Needs You Now performed by Peerless Quartet
10. Never Forget to Write Home performed by Irving Kaufman
11. Departure of American Troops for France performed by Princes Band/Columbia Male Quartette
12. AuRevoir But Not Goodbye Soldier Boy performed by Peerless Quartet
13. Bring Back the Kaiser to Me performed by American Quartet
14. Goodbye Mother Machree performed by Henry Burr
15. Goodbye Broadway Hello France performed by American Quartet
16. I May Be Gone For A Long Long Time performed by Shannon Four
17. I Wish I Had Someone to Say Goodbye To performed by Henry Burr
18. I'll Come Back to You When its All Over performed by Arthur Fields

World War One Songs Tape/CD 5

1. Long Boy performed by Byron G. Harlan
2. So Long Mother performed by Columbia Quartette
3. Sweet Little Buttercup performed by Elizabeth Spencer
4. Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack performed by Shannon Four
5. When I Send You A Picture of Berlin performed by Arthur Fields and Peerless Quartet
6. When You Come Back performed by Raymond Dixon
7. While You're Away performed by Henry Burr/Peerless Quartet
8. Your Lips Are No Mans Land But Mine performed by Campbell and Burr
9. I Love You More For Losing You A While performed by Hugh Donovan
10. Keep the Home Fires Burning performed by John McCormack
11. That's A Mothers Liberty Loan performed by Greek Evans
12. Arrival of the American Troops in France performed by Princes Band/Columbia Male Quartette
13. War Song Hits (1) performed by Columbia Quartette
14. War Song Hits (2) performed by Columbia Quartette
15. Parodies of the Camp performed by Geoffrey O'Hara
16. A Soldiers Day performed by Geoffrey O'Hara
17. From the North, South, East and West performed by Sir Harry Lauder
18. Hail! Hail! The Gangs All Here performed by Shannon Four

World War One Songs Tape/CD 6

1. I'd Feel at Home If They'd Let Me Join the Army performed by Billy Murray
2. JA-DA performed by Arthur Fields
3. K-K-K-Katy performed by Billy Murray
4. The Old Grey Mare performed by Collins and Harlan
5. The Worst Is Yet to Come performed by Peerless Quartet
6. Where Do We Go From Here performed by American Quartet
7. Life In A Trench in Belgium (1) performed by Lt. Gitz Rice and Henry Burr
8. Life In A Trench in Belgium (2) performed by Lt. Gitz Rice and Henry Burr
9. The Rose of No Mans Land performed by Charles Hart/Elliott Shaw
10. There's Another Angel Now in old Kilarney performed by Sam Ash
11. Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip performed by Arthur Fields
12. Hike! Hike! Hike! performed by Peerless Quartette
13. Just Like Washington Crossed the Delaware performed by Peerless Quartette
14. Keep Your Head Down Fritzie Boy performed by American Quartet
15. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp performed by John Young
16. We Stopped Them At The Marne performed by Arthur Fields/Peerless Quartette
17. What'll We Do With Him Boys performed by William J. Reilly
18. You Keep Sending em Over and We'll Keep Knocking em Down performed by Arthur Fields

World War One Songs Tape/CD 7

1. A Khaki Lad performed by Reinald Werrenrath
2. And He'd Say OO-LA LA! Wee-Wee performed Billy Murray
3. I Don't Want to Get Well performed by Van and Schenck
4. Oh Frenchy performed by Arthur Fields
5. Oui Oui Marie performed by Arthur Fields
6. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Francais performed by Arthur Fields
7. Belgian Rose performed by Campbell and Burr
8. Chimes of Normandy performed by Lambert Murphy
9. Lorraine performed by Henry Burr
10. Dreaming of Home Sweet Home performed by Charles Harrison
11. I Can Always Find A Little Sunshine in the YMCA performed by Lambert Murphy
12. I May Stay Away A Little Longer performed by Peerless Quartette
13. I Want to go back to Blighty performed by Reinald Werrenrath
14. If I'm Not At the Roll Call performed by Campbell and Burr
15. It's A Long Long Way to the USA performed by Edgar Stoddard/Broadway Quartette
16. It's A Long Long Way Back to Mother's Knee performed by Sterling Trio
17. Just Before the Battle Mother performed by John Young
18. My Own United States performed by Columbia Stellar Quartette

World War One Songs Tape/CD 8

1. On The Road to Home Sweet Home performed by Percy Hemus
2. Somewhere In France Is the Lily performed by Charles Hart
3. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty performed by Arthur Fields
4. The Dream of A Soldier Boy performed by Charles Hart
5. Till We Meet Again performed by Campbell and Burr
6. Watch, Hope and Wait Little Girl performed by Sterling Trio
7. When I Get Back to My American Blighty performed by Irving Kaufman
8. When We Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine performed by Peerless Quartette
9. Just A Baby's Prayer at Twilight performed by Henry Burr
10. Break the News to Mother performed by Henry Burr and Columbia Stellar Quartette
11. Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother performed by Lewis James
12. God Be With Our Boys Tonight performed by John McCormack
13. Hello Central Give Me No Mans Land performed by Edna Brown
14. Homeward Bound performed by Peerless Quartette
15. I'd Like to See the Kaiser With A Lily in His Hand performed by Robert Lewis
16. Just As the Sun Went Down performed by Peerless Quartette
17. Laddie In Khaki performed by James F. Harrison
18. Mammy's Little Chocolate Soldier performed by Marion Harris

World War One Songs Tape/CD 9

1. You'll Find Old Dixieland in France performed by Van and Schenck
2. When Tony Goes Over The Top performed by Van and Schenck
3. You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile performed by Arthur Fields
4. Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon performed by American Quartet
5. My Daddy's Star performed by Robert Lewis
6. My Sweetheart Is Somewhere In France performed by Elizabeth Spencer
7. Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep performed by Henry Burr
8. Say A Prayer For the Boys Out There performed by Peerless Quartet
9. Some Day They're Coming Home Again performed by Harry Macdonough/Orpheus Quartet
10. Somebody's Waiting For Someone performed by Peerless Quartet
11. Somewhere In France Is Daddy performed by Charles H. Hart
12. There's A Green Hill Out In Flanders performed by Alan Turner
13. There's A Little Blue Star In The Window performed by Henry Burr
14. We'll Do Our Share performed by Peerless Quartet
15. There's A Service Flag Flying At Our House performed by Shannon Four
16. There's A Vacant Chair In Every Home Tonight performed by Shannon Four
17. What Are You Going to do to Help the Boys performed by Charles Hart
18. There's Nobody Home But Me performed by Charles Hart

World War One Songs Tape/CD 10

1. Christ In Flanders performed by Lambert Murphy
2. There Is No Death performed by Lambert Murphy
3. The Navy Will Bring Them Back performed by Peerless Quartet
4. Good-bye France performed by Peerless Quartet
5. Don't Let Us Sing Any More About War performed by Sir Harry Lauder
6. Baby's Prayer Will Soon Be Answered performed by Henry Burr
7. Mother, Here's Your Boy performed by Sterling Trio
8. The Boys Who Won't Come Home performed by Henry Burr
9. Down The Lane and Home Again performed by Samuel Ash
10. I'll Wed the Girl I Left Behind performed by M. J. O'Connell
11. Home Again performed by Alice Green
12. Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry performed by Charles Hart/Elliott Shaw
13. How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm After They've Seen Paree performed by Arthur Fields
14. The Americans Come performed by Reinald Werrenrath
15. The Regiments Return performed by Princes Band
16. General Pershing March performed by Princes Band
17. Liberty Loan March performed by Sousa's Band
18. US Field Artillery March performed by Sousa's Band

World War One Songs Tape/CD 11

1. Soldiers of the King March performed by Arthur Pryor's Band
2. Army Blue performed by American Quartet (West Point Song)
3. Benny Havens, Oh! performed by American Quartet (West Point Song)
4. Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers performed by Billy Murray
5. Now I'll Raise an Army of my Own performed by Billy Murray
6. War Talk at Punkin Centre performed by Cal Stewart
7. If War is What Sherman Said It Was performed by Billy Murray
8. When the Great Red Dawn is Shining performed by Charles Harrison
9. Shenandoah performed by Campbell and Burr
10. Some Where in Ireland performed by Charles Harrison
11. What Kind of an American are You? performed by Peerless Quartet
12. It’s Time For Every Boy to be A Soldier performed by Charles H. Hart
13. Tell That to the Marines performed by Al Jolson
14. You Can’t Beat Us performed by Arthur Fields
15. Hunting the Hun performed by Arthur Fields
16. The Yanks Started Yankin performed by Arthur Fields
17. The Dixie Volunteers performed by American Quartet
18. I Miss the Old Folks Now performed by Van and Schenck

World War One Songs Tape/CD 12

1. France We Have Not Forgotten You performed by Henry Burr
2. A Rainbow From the USA performed by Henry Burr / Peerless Quartette
3. The Submarine Attack Somewhere at Sea performed by Peerless Quartette
4. The Battle in The Air performed by Peerless Quartette
5. Would You Rather Be A Colonel With An Eagle On Your Shoulder or A Private With A Chicken On Your Knee? performed by Eugene Buckley
6. I Ain’t Got Weary Yet performed by Arthur Fields
7. The Further It Is From Tipperary performed by Billy Murray
8. I’m Going to Follow the Boys performed by Elizabeth Spencer, Henry Burr
9. Three Wonderful Letters From Home performed by Henry Burr
10. Good-Bye Barney Boy performed by Peerless Quartette
11. Jim, Jim, I Always Knew That You’d Win performed by Arthur Fields
12. You’ll Have to Put Him to Sleep With the Marseillaise and Wake Him With An OO-LA-LA performed by Irving Kaufman
13. Till We Meet Again performed by Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra
14. I’ve Got My Captain Working For Me Now performed by Billy Murray
15. And That Ain’t All performed by Billy Murray
16. Hinky Dinky Parlay VOO? performed by Broadway Quartet
17. My Buddy performed by Arthur Fields

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