Over the Top (1917 song)

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"Over the Top (song)"
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Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Composer(s) Maxwell Goldman
Lyricist(s) Marion Phelps

Over the Top is a World War I song written by Marion Phelps and composed by Maxwell Goldman. [1] The song was first published in 1917 by Buck & Lowney in New York, NY. The sheet music features soldiers crawling from a trench and attacking. [2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. [3]

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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. 226. ISBN   0-89950-952-5. OCLC   32241433.
  2. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 519. ISBN   978-0-7864-2799-4. OCLC   71790113.
  3. Goldman, Maxwell, and Marian Phelps. 1917. Over the top. OCLC   76695419