We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches

"We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1917
Songwriter(s)Daisy May Pratt Erd

We'll Carry The Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches is a World War I song written by Daisy May Pratt Erd.[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Lang & Mendelsohn in Boston MA. The sheet music cover depicts soldiers advancing over barbed wire with a flag waving.[2]

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

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. 262. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ Erd, Daisy M. 1917. We'll carry the Star Spangled Banner thru the trenches. Boston (Bldg. 5, Boston Navy Yard): Published by District Welfare Aide. OCLC 40913169

Bibliography

  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420
  • Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433