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Give a Little Credit to the Navy

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"Give a Little Credit to the Navy"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1918
Composer(s)Albert Gumble
Lyricist(s)Buddy DeSylva & Gus Kahn

"Give a Little Credit to the Navy" is a World War I song written by Buddy DeSylva & Gus Kahn and composed by Albert Gumble.[1][2] This song was published in 1918 by Jerome H. Remick & Co., in Detroit, MI.

The sheet music cover, illustrated by Starmer, features photos of Commander William Buel Frankling, USNRF, Del Chain and Sidney Phillips, with ships in the background.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]

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. 178. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 9781440839962.
  3. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
  4. ^ Gumble, Albert, B. G. De Sylva, and Gus Kahn. 1918. Give a little credit to the navy: song.OCLC 855188135

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
  • Rubin, Richard. 2014. The last of the doughboys: the forgotten generation and their forgotten World War. ISBN 978-0-5442-9048-8. OCLC 854944438
  • Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440839962.
  • 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