Goodbye, France Explained

Goodbye, France
Cover:	Goodbye france.jpg
Caption:	Sheet music cover, 1918
Artist:	the Peerless Quartet
Published:	1918
Released:	January 1919

Goodbye, France or "Good-bye France (You'll Never Be Forgotten by the U.S.A.)" is a World War I era song written and composed by Irving Berlin and published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc., in New York City.^[1] The sheet music cover, illustrated by Albert Wilfred Barbelle, features French and American soldiers shaking hands with the Statue of Liberty in the background.^[2]

Reception

Popular recordings of Goodbye, France in 1919 were by The Peerless Quartet and by Nora Bayes.^[3]

Lyrics

1st Verse:Chorus:2nd Verse:'Chorus

External links

• Audio file of Goodbye, France Web site: Goodbye, France. Library of Congress. 13 November 2015.
• Berlin . Irving . 1918 . Good-bye France: (you'll never be forgotten by the U.S.A.) . New York . Waterson, Berlin & Snyder . 74491292.

Notes and References

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. . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music . 1 . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
3. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . 1986 . Record Research Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0-89820-083-0 . 504.