Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)

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"Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1918
Songwriter(s) Mary Earl

"Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)" is a World War I song written and composed by Mary Earl, which was a pseudonym of Robert A. King. [1] It was published in New York, New York by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. in 1918. [2] [3] The sheet music cover, illustrated by Albert Barbelle, depicts soldiers marching with fixed bayonets below a statue of Lafayette in silhouette. [4]

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, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 51. ISBN   0899509525.
  2. ↑ 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. 202. ISBN   0-89950-952-5. OCLC   32241433.
  3. ↑ Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. P. 160 ISBN   9783447102780. {OCLC|892462420}.
  4. ↑ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 349. ISBN   978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC   71790113

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