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We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches

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"We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Songwriter(s)Daisy May Pratt Erd

We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches is a World War I song written by Daisy May Pratt Erd.[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Lang & Mendelsohn in Boston MA. The sheet music cover depicts soldiers advancing over barbed wire with a flag waving.[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. 262. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ Erd, Daisy M. 1917. We'll carry the Star Spangled Banner thru the trenches. Boston (Bldg. 5, Boston Navy Yard): Published by District Welfare Aide. OCLC 40913169

Bibliography

  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. ISBN 9783447102780. 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. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433