Hock the Kaiser! explained

Hock The Kaiser!
Caption:	Sheet Music cover
Language:	English
Published:	1917

"Hock The Kaiser!" is a World War I song written and composed by James H. Hall in 1917. It targets the German emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.^[1] The work was self-published by James H. Hall in Chicago, Illinois.^[2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library^[3] and at the Library of Congress.^[4] The song begins, "Kaiser Bill, he had a dream that all the world he'd rule; Made a great big submarine with Uncle Sam to fool. Uncle Sam is riled enough to show'em where we stand, He will do some fighting, and will lick that German Band."

References

Bibliography

• Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. .
• 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. .

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. . 186 . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music 1. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 237 . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
3. Hall, Jim. 1917. Hock the Kaiser! Chicago: James Henry Hall.
4. Web site: Notated Music. Hock the Kaiser. . May 29, 2022 . Library of Congress.