Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France
Words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis
Music by Billy Baskette
Copyright: 1917 by Leo. Feist Inc, New York
Format: large
Original retail price: 15¢
Cover art shows American soldier and French soldier shaking hands across a narrow Atlantic ocean with WWI Airplanes flying around, and Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower in background.
This song was the Big Song Hit of "Passing Show of 1917" at the new York Winter Garden.
"Also published for Band, Orchestra, and Male Quartette. Also available for Talking Machine and Player Piano.
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On the back of this sheet music is a reproduction of a Full-Page ad for other Feist songs that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Good-bye New York town, good-bye Miss Liberty,
Your light of freedom will guide us across the sea,
Ev'ry soldier's sweetheart bidding good-bye,
Ev'ry soldier's mother drying her eye.
Cheer up we'll soon be there, Singing this Yankee air:
Chorus:
Good-bye Broadway*, Hello France,
We're ten million strong,
Good-bye sweethearts wives and mothers,
It won't take us long.
Don't you worry while we're there,
It's for you we're fighting too,
So Good-bye Broadway, Hello France,
We're going to square our debt to you.
Verse 2:
Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea.
We're united in this fight for liberty.
France sent us a soldier, brave Lafayette
Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget.
Now that we have the chance
We'll pay our debt to France.
Chorus:
Good-bye Broadway*, Hello France,
We're ten million strong,
Good-bye sweethearts wives and mothers,
It won't take us long.
Don't you worry while we're there,
(ad lib) It's for you we're fighting for,
So Good-bye Broadway, Hello France,
We're going to help you win this war.
(*Name of any city may be substituted for Broadway if desired.)
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