Hock the Kaiser!

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"Hock The Kaiser!"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Songwriter(s) James H. Hall

"Hock The Kaiser!" is a World War I song written and composed by James H. Hall in 1917. It targets the German emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. [1] The work was self-published by James H. Hall in Chicago, Illinois. [2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library [3] and at the Library of Congress. [4] The song begins, "Kaiser Bill, he had a dream that all the world he'd rule; Made a great big submarine with Uncle Sam to fool. Uncle Sam is riled enough to show'em where we stand, He will do some fighting, and will lick that German Band." [4]

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References

  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. 186. ISBN   0-89950-952-5. OCLC   32241433.
  2. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 237. ISBN   978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC   71790113.
  3. Hall, Jim. 1917. Hock the Kaiser! Chicago: James Henry Hall. OCLC   768489529
  4. 1 2 "Notated Music. Hock the Kaiser". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

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