Verdun Soundtrack

A short guide about Verdun sounds, lyrics and information. This guide was created in April 19, 2015.
This is NOT an official guide!

"It's a long way to Tipperary."

Written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary

This sound got thousands of other versions and adaptations. It's not that easy to find the "original" version.

Lyrics:
Up to mighty London
Came an Irishman one day.
As the streets are paved with gold
Sure, everyone was gay,
Singing songs of Piccadilly,
Strand and Leicester Square,
Till Paddy got excited,
Then he shouted to them there:

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly-O,
Saying, "Should you not receive it,
Write and let me know!"
"If I make mistakes in spelling,
Molly, dear," said he,
"Remember, it's the pen that's bad,
Don't lay the blame on me!"

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

"Oui, oui, Marie."

Oui, Oui, Marie is a 1918 song performed by Arthur Fields. The music was composed by Fred Fisher with lyrics written by Alfred Bryan and Joe McCarthy.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oui,_Oui,_Marie

Lyrics:
Poor Johnny's heart went pitty pat,
Somewhere in sunny France
He met a girl by chance with thee naughty naughty glance,
She looked just like a kitty kitty cat,
She loved to dance and play,
Tho' he learned no French when he left
the trench, He knew well enough to say:

Wee Wee Marie, will you do this for me Wee Wee Marie,
then I'll do that for you, I love your eyes they make me feel so spoony,
You'll drive me loony, you're teasing me,
Why can't we parleyvous like other sweethearts do,
I want a kiss or two from My Cherie,
Wee Wee Marie, if you'll do this for me Then I'll do that for you, Wee Wee Marie.

They walked along the boule boulevard, He whispered
"You for me, Some day in gay Paree I will make you
marry me", Just then a bunch of bully bully boys,
Threw kisses on the sly, Marie got wise when they rolled
their eyes, They sang as they passed her by.

"Are We Downhearted?"

Music by Arthur Boyton. It's part of "Oh, What a Lovely War!", an epic musical developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963.

Wikipedia album page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_What_a_Lovely_War!

Lyrics:
Mister Pat Malone upon the continong,
Was fighting with the Irish fusiliers.
One night in the camp he rose to sing a song,
And all the Tommies greeted him with cheers.
Said Pat: "I'll sing a song about our gallant fighting men.
Although we've had a tussle with the Germans now and then,—

Are we downhearted? NO!
Then let your voices ring
And all together sing.
Are we downhearted? NO!
Not while Britannia rules the waves. (Not likely!)
While we have Jack upon the sea,
And Tommy on the land, we needn't fret.
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But we're not downhearted yet!

With a Frenchy girl Pat toddled out one night,
And arm in arm they strolled, you may depend,
Till a dozen pals all sang out with delight:
"Hello! Hello there! Who's your lady friend?"
Said Patrick, "I don't know her name, but listen here old pal,
If this is what they give us with the Entente Cordiale."

Are we downhearted? NO!
Then let your voices ring
And all together sing.
Are we downhearted? NO!
Not while Britannia rules the waves. (Not likely!)
While we have Jack upon the sea,
And Tommy on the land, we needn't fret.
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But we're not downhearted yet!

"Hunting the Hun."

Hunting the Hun is the name of a war song that was popular during World War I. It was performed by Arthur Fields, music by Archie Gottler and words by Howard E. Rogers. It was published by Kalmar Puck & Abrahams in New York in 1918.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_the_Hun

Lyrics:
Over in France there's a game that's played
By all the soldier boys in each brigade
It's called Hunting the Hun
This is how it is done!

First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can capture them with ease
All you need is just a little Limburger cheese
Give 'em one little smell
They come out with a yell
Then your work is done
When they start to advance
Shoot 'em in the pants
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!

I met a soldier and he told me
It's just the latest thing across the sea
It's the game that is new
They're all doing it too!

First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can capture them with ease
All you need is just a little Limburger cheese
Give 'em one little smell
They come out with a yell
Then your work is done
When they start to advance
Shoot 'em in the pants
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!

First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
If you want to bring them out
Offer them a little bit of hot sauerkraut
They come over the top with a pip and a hop
Then your work is done
When they stop in to eat
Cut off their retreat
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!

First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can always make them pain
Let them know there's going to be a pinochle game
They come over the top with a pip and a hop
Then your work is done
When they first show their face
Crump 'em with a mace
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!

"Oh! It's a Lovely War."

The song "Oh! It's a Lovely War" was written by J. P. Long and Maurice Scott in 1917.
It's part of the epic musical "Oh, What a Lovely War!" developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963.

Musical wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_What_a_Lovely_War!

Lyrics:
Up to your waist in water,
Up to your eyes in slush -
Using the kind of language,
That makes the sergeant blush;
Who wouldn't join the army?
That's what we all inquire,
Don't we pity the poor civilians sitting beside the fire.

Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war,
Who wouldn't be a soldier eh?
Oh! It's a shame to take the pay.
As soon as reveille is gone
We feel just as heavy as lead,
But we never get up till the sergeant brings
Our breakfast up to bed
Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war,
What do we want with eggs and ham
When we've got plum and apple jam?
Form fours! Right turn!
How shall we spend the money we earn?
Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war.

Come to the cookhouse door, boys, sniff the lovely stew.
Who is it says the colonel gets better grub than you?
Any complaints this morning? Do we complain? Not we.
What's the matter with lumps of onion floating around the tea?

Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war,
Who wouldn't be a soldier eh?
Oh! It's a shame to take the pay.
As soon as reveille is gone
We feel just as heavy as lead,
But we never get up till the sergeant brings
Our breakfast up to bed
Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war,
What do we want with eggs and ham
When we've got plum and apple jam?
Form fours! Right turn!
How shall we spend the money we earn?
Oh! Oh! Oh! it's a lovely war.

"Oh! Frenchy."

Composed by Con Conrad, with Sam Ehrlich as lyricist. A song from the year 1918, last WW1 year.

Lyrics:
Rosie Green was a village queen who enlisted as a nurse
She waited for a chance
And left for France with an Ambulance,
Rosie Green met a chap named Jean, a soldier from Paree,
When he said “Parlez vous, my pet” he said “I will, but not just yet.”
When he’d speak in French to her, she’d answer lovingly

Oh! Frenchy,
Oh Frenchy, Frenchy
Although your language is so new to me,
When you say, “Oui, oui, la la”
“We” means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Frenchy
you’ve won my love with your bravery
March on, March on, with any girl you see
But when you la la la la la,
Oh, Frenchy, your la la la’s for me.

Rosie Green married Soldier Jean when his furlough time arrived
She said “Go pack your grip
We’ll take a trip on a big ship,”
Rosie Green took her soldier Jean home somewhere in Maine,
They say her rural Pa and Ma, refused to do that oo la la,
But when she’s alone with him you’ll hear this same refrain.

Oh! Frenchy,
Oh Frenchy, Frenchy
Although your language is so new to me,
When you say, “Oui, oui, la la”
“We” means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Frenchy
you’ve won my love with your bravery
March on, March on, with any girl you see
But when you la la la la la,
Oh, Frenchy, your la la la’s for me.

"Over There."

The most famous american song in World War 1. Written by George M. Cohan the song was widely performed by various artists (initially by Charles King) from its publication in 1917.

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There

Lyrics:

Johnnie, get your gun,
Get your gun, get your gun,
Take it on the run,
On the run, on the run.
Hear them calling, you and me,
Every son of liberty.
Hurry right away,
No delay, go today,
Make your daddy glad
To have had such a lad.
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her boy's in line.

Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there -
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming
Ev'rywhere.
So prepare, say a pray'r,
Send the word, send the word to beware.
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over
Over there.

Johnnie, get your gun,
Get your gun, get your gun,
Johnnie show the Hun
Who's a son of a gun.
Hoist the flag and let her fly,
Yankee Doodle do or die.
Pack your little kit,
Show your grit, do your bit.
Yankee to the ranks,
From the towns and the tanks.
Make your mother proud of you,
And the old Red, White and Blue.

Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there -
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming
Ev'rywhere.
So prepare, say a pray'r,
Send the word, send the word to beware.
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over
Over there.

"We don't want the bacon."

Words and music by Howard Carr, Harry Russell and Jimmy Havens. Published in Chicago in 1918.

Lyrics:
If you read your history,then you're bound to know
That we have always held our own with any kind of foe.
We've always bro't the bacon home, no matter what they done,
But we don't want the bacon now,
We're out to get the Hun.

We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon,
What we want is a piece of the Rhine.
We'll hit "Bill the Kaiser" on the Helm and make him wiser
We'll have a wonderful time.
Old Wilhelm Der Gross will shout "Vas is Loss?"
When we hit that Hindenburg line... Fine!
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon,
What we want is a piece of the Rhine.

When first this war began they said we had no chance.
They could not figure out how we could get our men to France.
But they will soon discover uncle Sam is out to win,
We've got the Fritzies on the run,
We're headed for Berlin.

We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon,
What we want is a piece of the Rhine.
We'll hit "Bill the Kaiser" on the Helm and make him wiser,
We'll have a wonderful time.
Old Wilhelm Der Gross will shout "Vas is Loss?"
When we hit that Hindenburg line... Fine!
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon,
What we want is a piece of the Rhine.

"We all went marching home."

Music by: Black Diamonds Band

No wikipedia page.

So old music, I couldn't find too much information about it.

Instrumental Music.

"God Save the Tsar" (Боже, Царя храни)

The national anthem of Tsarist Russia (1721-1917). The composer was violinist Alexei Lvov and the lyrics were by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. The song was chosen as the winner of the 1833 contest for the nation's composition for an anthem.

Note that Tchaikovsky used it in his 1812 Overture!

This song is the instrumental song played at the end of every Free-for-All match. (Formerly was used in all matches, now replaced)

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Tsar!

Lyrics:

[in Russian]

Боже, Царя храни!
Сильный, державный,Царствуй на славу, на славу нам!
Царствуй на страх врагам,Царь православный!
Боже, Царя храни!

[Anglicized Transliteration]
Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!
Sil'niy, derzhavniy,Tsarstvuy na 'slavu, Na 'slavu nam!
Tsarstvuy na strakh vragam,Tsar pravoslavniy.
Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!

[In English]

God, save the Tsar!
Strong and majestic,Reign for glory, For our glory!
Reign to foes' fear,Orthodox Tsar.
God, save the Tsar!

“We're All Going Calling On The Kaiser”

Popular American WW1 song to help beef up the spirits of the troops going overseas.

Composer: Brennan, James A. (James Alexander)
Lyricist: Jack Caddigan
Music arrangement: Grooms, Calvin
Published as monographic. Leo. Feist Inc.,, New York :, 1918.

Information page: http://www.loc.gov/item/2013570960/

Lyrics Source:Google.books[books.google.com]

Oh, john, pack up your kit and come along with me
theres a party 'cross the sea
and they need your company to grace it,
oh john kiss her goodbye,
you know that she'll be true,
It's near the time to fall in line
With a milion more like you.

First Chorus: And we're all going calling on the Kaiser,
For we've got to teach the Kaiser to be wiser,
And we'll bring him something good,
A kimono made of wood,
We'll wish him well with shot and shell
The son-of-a-gun we'll give him hell;
We're all going calling on the Kaiser,
The English, French, the Yanks and Irish, too.
Don't forget what Sherman said,
Thats where he'll be when he's dead
For we're all going calling on the Kaiser

Oh, boy, think of the fun in making Germans run,
They'll be running night and day,
But they'll never get away.
We'll get 'em and oh, boy,
Welhelm the great will hear the eagle call,
We'll never stop once over the top,
'Till the German pirates fall.

Second Chorus: And we're all going calling on the Kaiser,
For we've got to teach the Kaiser to be wiser,
Sure we'll send him down below,
Where the likes of him should go,
We'll leave him there to rave and tear,
and divil a one is going to care,
We're all going calling on the Kaiser,
The English, French, the Yanks and Irish, too,
He'll be looking at his best,
With a lily on his chest,
For we're all going calling on the Kaiser

Third Chorus: And we're all going calling on the Kaiser;
For we've got to teach the Kaiser to be wiser,
When the morning glories climb,
And it's Kaiser picking time,
The Kaiserine will be seen
Spraying a bed of myrtle green,
We're all going calling on the Kaiser,
The English, French, the Yanks and Irish, too,
And an epitaph will tell
How poor Willie went to hill,
For we're all going calling on the Kaiser.

About the Composers and music Authors

This section details famous singers, composers and writers of the aformentioned songs.

Arthur Fields

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Fields



(August 6, 1888 – March 29, 1953) was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter

Born Abe Finkelstein in Philadelphia to Mortimer and Elizabeth Finkelstein, Arthur Fields (6 August 1888 - 29 March 1953) spent early years in Utica, New York, singing solos as a boy in church.

He was a professional entertainer by age 11 or so, singing illustrated songs (as the singer performed, colored slides with images related to a song's theme were projected on a screen) with Ray Walker at Wackie's Theater at Coney Island. Around age 17 he toured with the Guy Brothers Minstrel Show.

His friend George Graff, the successful lyricist, wrote to Jim Walsh in 1953, "Around 1907-08 [Fields] helped form a vaudeville act--Weston, Fields and Carroll--one of the earliest, and possibly the first, Rathskeller acts. Eddie Weston was a veteran performer and a few years older than Arthur and Harry Carroll, who were about 19 at the time. The act was a great success and headlined the Keith Circuit until Weston died. Fields and Carroll worked together for a while. They were both writing songs and Carroll had a couple of pretty big hits."

Born on November 28, 1892, Harry Carroll was four years younger than Fields. With partners other than Fields, Carroll wrote "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," "By The Beautiful Sea," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," and other popular numbers. The first genuine hit of Fields the songwriter was "On The Mississippi." He wrote the music in 1912 with Carroll; Ballard MacDonald supplied lyrics. It was recorded by the American Quartet for Victor 17237, Billy Murray for Blue Amberol 1637, Collins and Harlan for Columbia A1293, and Prince's Orchestra for Columbia A1307.

Fields sometimes composed music and other times provided lyrics to music written by others. In 1914 he supplied lyrics for "Aba Daba Honeymoon" (music by Walter Donovan), his most popular song. It was revived in the 1950 MGM film Two Weeks With Love, soon followed by the release of a popular Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter MGM record (30282), and Fields earned around $10,000 in royalty fees in 1951. The song was first popularized on records made in late 1914 by Collins and Harlan (Victor 17620, Edison Diamond Disc 50192, Blue Amberol 2468).

Another hit for Collins and Harlan was a Theodore Morse tune with lyrics provided by Fields: "Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner." Versions cut by the duo for Victor, Columbia, and Edison sold well. The song was later reworked into "Mammy Blossom's 'Possum Party," with similar lyrics and the same basic melody, Fields and Morse again credited as songwriters. It was cut by Collins and Harlan for various companies, including Edison and Paramount.

Fields also supplied lyrics to "It's A Long Way to Berlin But We'll Get There" (music by Leon Flatow), which he recorded for Edison and Columbia. Columbia A2383 gives only Flatow credit for writing the song, following the practice of listing composer but not lyricist. The cover of the November 1917 issue of Edison Amberola Monthly features a photograph of Fields, and page 12 states, "At a recent benefit performance at the New York Hippodrome three copies of 'It's a Long Way to Berlin but We'll Get There,' by Arthur Fields, brought $500, $50 and $50. The proceeds were turned over to a relief fund."

Fields collaborated with Morse on "When I Get Back To My American Blighty," sung by Fields on Victor 18495, issued in October 1918. A decade passed before Fields was again listed as a songwriter on records, one being "I Got A Code In My Dose," written with Fred Hall and Billy Rose. It was recorded by Fred Hall and His Sugar Babies for Okeh in 1929, Fields providing vocals.

George M. Cohen

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Cohan
*Bahman's note*: Perhaps the most patriotic and the most profound American wartime composers in the history of the United States. (move aside Francis Scott Key)



was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.

Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans." Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s, and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.

Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.

He was an early pioneer in the development of the "book musical", using his engaging libretti to bridge the gaps between drama and music. More than three decades before Agnes de Mille choreographed Oklahoma!, Cohan used dance not merely as razzle-dazzle, but to advance the plot. Cohan's main characters were "average Joes and Janes" that appealed to a wide American audience

Jack Caddigan

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Caddigan
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(September 21, 1879 — January 1, 1952) was a Boston lyricist who is credited with the words to over fifty songs written between 1911 and 1922.
Over half of Caddigan's songs were written between 1914 and 1918, and it follows that a large number are related to the war. "The Rose of No Man's Land" was probably his most popular number; other wartime successes included "Salvation Lassie of Mine" and "We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser." He was equally capable with upbeat novelties and sentimental waltzes; his lyrics are down-to-earth, bluntly rhymed, and with lilting metric energy. James A. Brennan and Chick Story wrote the music for over three-quarters of his songs; another noteworthy collaborator was the young Jimmy McHugh. The great majority of Caddigan’s songs were issued by Boston publishers, though a few late songs were published by Tin Pan Alley firms like Leo Feist. Caddigan remained interested in entertainment after he ceased writing lyrics, directing amateur minstrel shows and revues for civic and corporate groups in his later years.[

Nora Bayes

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Bayes



(October 8, 1880 – March 19, 1928) was a popular American singer, comedienne and actress of the early 20th century.

Born Eleanor "Dora" Goldberg, with Dora being a pet or nickname, to a Jewish family in Joliet, Illinois, Bayes was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago by age 18. She toured from San Francisco, California to New York City and became a star both on the vaudeville circuit and the Broadway stage.

In 1908, she married singer-songwriter Jack Norworth. The two toured together and were credited for collaborating on a number of compositions, including the immensely popular "Shine On, Harvest Moon," which the pair debuted in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies of 1908. Bayes and Norworth divorced in 1913.

After America entered World War I Bayes became involved with morale boosting activities. George M. Cohan asked that she be the first to record a perf

Changelog

GUIDE UPDATES:
Sunday, May 10th, 2015: Samuel Added the song "Oh, it's a lovely war!".
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015: "Are We Downhearted" lyrics are now complete.
Friday, May 22th, 2015: Samuel Added the song "We don't want the bacon".
Friday, June 26th, 2015: I (Samuel) made a major revision in the guide.
+I changed the lyrics of most musics to match with the videos.
Sounds changed: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", "Oh, It's a Lovely War!", "Are We Downhearted".
Soon we'll have more lyrics improvements.
+Some improvements to make the guide look better.
Sunday, July 6th, 2015: Samuel Added the song "Over There".
Added the Section "Chagelog".
Wednesday, July 15th, 2015: Samuel Added the song "Oh, Frenchy!"
Tuesday, July 21st, 2015: Bahman Added the songs "“We're All Going Calling On The Kaiser” and "God Save the Tsar"
+Bahman added the Section "About the Composers and music Authors"
+Bahman added Arthur Fields, Jack Caddigan, George M. Cohen, Nora Bayes
Thursday, August 18th, 2015: Samuel Fixed "We don't want the bacon Lyrics".

Some personal notes

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[banger705]

https://youtu.be/j4sJL-J0EUo verdun german ww1

[banger705]

https://youtu.be/Q0EwD8HbUsY?t=30 german ww1 songs

[banger705]

why no al johnson

[banger705]

https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-of-wwi-from-original-recordings-1914-1926-mw0001124979

[Mordecai]

I wish they would add some of the German music of the war such as Argonnerwald.

[MacTep_cnupTa]

Add "For King and Country" song from Main Menu.

Lyrics:
We must fight for our King and Country,
For the cause that is right and true,
We are ready today
Duty’s call to obey,
’Neath the flag of the red, white and blue.
In defence of the dear old Homeland,
For the honour of Britain’s name,
We will vanquish the foe,
All the world to show
Britain’s foes shall be put to shame.

Link:
https://youtu.be/2w0-JQ8EYqg

[Sir Ferret]

How come they dont play most of the songs in the main menu anymore ??????

[Victim of Swede Incest]

you forgot about "Славянка"(farewall of slavyanka, if i write it correctly), it's the most known song of russian troops in ww1, ww2, and other warfares

[Schnitzelmann]

Oh those memories of the time where this was played in the main menu :)

[OPFOR]

Why aren't there any german songs?