Give a Little Credit to the Navy explained

Give a Little Credit to the Navy
Caption:Sheet Music cover
Type:song
Language:English
Published:1918
Lyricist:Buddy DeSylva & Gus Kahn
Composer:Albert Gumble

"Give a Little Credit to the Navy" is a World War I song written by Buddy DeSylva & Gus Kahn and composed by Albert Gumble.[1] [2] This song was published in 1918 by Jerome H. Remick & Co., in Detroit, MI.

The sheet music cover, illustrated by Starmer, features photos of Commander William Buel Frankling, USNRF, Del Chain and Sidney Phillips, with ships in the background.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]

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  1. Book: 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. . 178. 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
  2. Book: Tyler. Don. Music of the First World War. 2016. ABC-CLIO. 9781440839962. 48.
  3. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music 1. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 182. 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
  4. Gumble, Albert, B. G. De Sylva, and Gus Kahn. 1918. Give a little credit to the navy: song.