God Be with Our Boys Tonight explained
| God Be with Our Boys Tonight |
| Cover: | God Be With Our Boys Tonight.jpg |
| Caption: | Early sheet music cover |
| Published: | 1918 |
| Composer: | Wilfrid Sanderson |
| Lyricist: | Fred G. Bowles |
"God Be with Our Boys Tonight" is a World War I–era song written by Wilfrid Sanderson and Fred G. Bowles in 1918.[1] It reached number three on the US top 100 songs of June 1918.[2]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[3]
It was sometimes performed by Tiny Tim.[4]
References
- Bibliography
- Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music . 1 . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
- 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. . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
Notes and References
- Web site: Browse All Recordings God be with our boys tonight, Take 1 (1918-04-05). National Jukebox. Library of Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20151109141839/https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/8515/. 9 November 2015. dead.
- Web site: Top Songs of 1918 . Music VF.com . 8 December 2015.
- Sanderson. W.. Wilfrid Sanderson . Bowles. Fred G. . McCormack. John . John McCormack (tenor) . 1918. God be with our boys to-night . New York . Boosey & Co.. 20119597.
- See, for example, The Complete Monterey Pop Festival: The Criterion Collection Disc 3: The Outtake Performances, recorded by D.A. Pennebaker
