Goodbye France 1918 Berlin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Nov 2012
2012

I can picture the boys "over there"
making plenty of noise "over there"
and if I'm not wrong
it won't be long
ere a certain song will fill the air;
It's all very clear,
the time's drawing near
when they'll be marching
down to the pier, singing:

Goodbye France
we'd love to linger longer
but we must go home;
Folks are waiting
to welcome us,
across the foam;
we were glad to stand
side by side with you.
mighty proud to have died with you;
so goodbye France
you'll never be forgotten
by the U.S.A.

Goodbye France
we'd love to linger longer
but we must go home;
Folks are waiting
to welcome us,
across the foam;
we were glad to stand
side by side with you.
mighty proud to have died with you;
so goodbye France
you'll never be forgotten
by the U.S.A.

They are waiting for one happy day,
when the word comes
to start on their way;
with a teardimmed eye
they'll say goodbye
but their hearts will cry
Hiphip hooray;
The friends that they made
will wish that they'd stayed
as they start on
the homeward parade, singing:

Goodbye France
we'd love to linger longer
but we must go home;
Folks are waiting
to welcome us,
across the foam;
we were glad to stand
side by side with you.
mighty proud to have died with you;
so goodbye France
you'll never be forgotten
by the U.S.A.

Goodbye France
we'd love to linger longer
but we must go home;
Folks are waiting
to welcome us,
across the foam;
we were glad to stand
side by side with you.
mighty proud to have died with you;
so goodbye France
you'll never be forgotten
by the U.S.A.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Goodbye France 1918 Berlin
by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 11 November 2012 at 15.12
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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