I'm Going to Follow the Boys
I'm Going to Follow the Boys (Novelty Song)
is a World War I era song released in 1917.
Howard Rogers wrote the lyrics and James V. Monaco composed the music.
The song was published by M. Witmark & Sons in New York City.
On the cover of the sheet music, there is a photograph of American silent film actress, Gladys Leslie saluting, while dressed in uniform.
She also performed the song.
The song is told from the first-person point of view of a woman who is used to being surrounded by boys.
But because they're all fighting overseas in the war, she is lonely.
To fix her problem, she comes up with a "great idea": to follow the boys to war.
The chorus is as follows:
The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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Monaco was born in Formia, Italy; his family emigrated to Albany, New York when he was six.
He worked as a ragtime player in Chicago before returning to New York.
Monaco's first successful song "
Oh, You Circus Day" was featured in the 1912 Broadway revue "Hanky Panky".
Further success came with "Row, Row, Row" (lyrics by William Jerome) in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1912.
Perhaps his best remembered song is "You Made Me Love You
(I Didn't Want to Do It)"
(lyrics by Joseph McCarthy), introduced by Al Jolson in 1913 and performed by Judy Garland with revised lyrics as "Dear Mr Gable" in 1937.
Monaco worked with a number of lyricists before moving to Hollywood where he teamed with lyricist Johnny Burke to produce songs for several Bing Crosby films.
He died in 1945 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Question: Where was the composer of song I'M Going To Follow The Boys born?
Answer: Formia