The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-30
COLLECT SONGS
OF Great WAR
Bulky Volume Reposes in the Ii
brary of Congress at
Washington.


How you gonna keep 'em down
on the farm
After they've seen Paree?"
The library of congress in Washing
ton has just completed bulky collec
ton of songs of the World war. Ru
the overseas veteran who in late
years consults it for some of the old
time favorites which he sang on the
march in his doughboy days, will
search its pages in vain. These songs
are conspicuously missing.
The answer is simple.
The censors who compiled the book
were unanimous in the opinion that the
songs the soldier himself composed
and sang spontaneously on his marches
would not bear the light of public
print. Except as they Ilnger in the
memories of their composers and chan
tiers, these old songs are doomed to die.
Mostly Home Songs.
Consequently the book is largely a
collection of music hall successes, sung
on this side of the water to keep UP
the morale of the folks at home, or
thrown on the screen at Red Cross
huts and "Y" canteens for the en-
lightenment Of the A. E. f. The I'M
expurgated versions of these songs
which the boys revamped and sang to
keep up their spirits as they marched
into death and destruction will never
see the light of day in this or any
other collection of patriotic songs.
To Cohan's song hit, "Over There"
is rlghtfully given first place in the
library of congress collection. Follow
ing hard upon it is Irving Berlin's "Oh,
How | Hate to Get Up in the Morning."
few of the songs there are which
we're hits both at home and with the
e. f. Among these are 'Madelon,"
he great French marching song, by all
dds the finest thing in the musical
Inc that came out of the war; also
Keep the Home Fires Burning"
which, because of it's sentiment and
hythm held a great appeal for the
oys, and the Long, Long TRAIL"
which was of tremendous popularity |
s marching song.
But such masterpieces as ''K-k-k-
atty, Beautiful Katy" and Keep Your
lead Down, FRITZ Boy" although
rhine favorites with the A. e. F., lived
yer there only in their revamped YER
ut the horrors of X p, and Keep
our Shade Down, Mary Ann" and
Their verses which cannot be repro
uced here
"Joan of Arc" may have been good
-uff for the folks back home, but
Mother. Take Down Your Service
lag, Your Boys in the S. o. S." was
r more admired by men in the ranks,
lille the war risk insurance classic,
Ten Thousand Dollars to the Folks
ack Home" sung to the wailing
rains of the dead March, from
SAUL" superseded all other melodies
hen a platoon was returning from the
'mbing field.
Print Hospital Songs.
Thanks to the refining influence Of
Q Red Cross nurses, it has been pos
Die to produce a few of the hospital
ngs.
The following one attained great
pularity at the base hospital at
lvenay, where the wounded were
uted home. 1t runs to the tune of
e "Old Gray Bonnet:
t out that old broken fbula ,
Id patch 1t to the tibia
Id pack the whole id thing In a
cast .
Still another of anatomical signifi-
nee walled to the tune of the Good
d Summer Time:
In the base at Savenay 6
Where the sick and wounded lay.
Running up their temperatures.
More and more each day y
rhe magnificent song Of the artillery,
hen Those Caissens Go Rolling
)ng-Hear Them Rolling" left its !,
rk on the A. E. F.; so did 1.-THE ;
rine's Hymn" and ooh, the Infan-
;" but "Goodby, Broadway, Hello, =
lnce" is a stranger to the soldier :,
o really did the fighting. =
n spite of frantic appeals to the
sic publishers al home, few came ;.
oss with anything which left its =
mp on the doughboy overseas. =
t was with a song of his own COM =
ition, a ditty reeking with the open :.
coarseness of the battalion minstrel -
wit, that he bore the agOnies OF =
ellie or the last lap Of terrific r
rch