We're On Our Way To France 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Dec 2006
2006

All is ready so just hold steady
we'll soon be going to the pier.
No more waiting or hesitating
the time to sail is here.
Byebye mothers
and all the others
who'll come to shed a little tear.
Don't cry, byebye,
give us a parting cheer.

We're on our way to France,
There's not a minute to spare,
that's why,
for when the Yanks advance
you bet we wanna be there
Goodbye.

We're on our way to France,
There's not a minute to spare,
that's why,
for when the Yanks advance
you bet we wanna be there
Goodbye.

Old Hoboken is bent and broken,
from soldiers marching on her pier,
while you slumber, a great big number
of soldiers disappear,
to the millions of brave civilians
that we are leaving over here.
We say, day day.
Give us a parting cheer.

We're on our way to France,
There's not a minute to spare,
that's why,
for when the Yanks advance
you bet we wanna be there
Goodbye.

We're on our way to France,
There's not a minute to spare,
that's why,
for when the Yanks advance
you bet we wanna be there
Goodbye.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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We're On Our Way To France 1918
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 28 December 2006 at 10.52am
in association with Doug Grierson
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