I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye explained
| I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye |
| Cover: | ImHittingtheTrailTonNormandy.jpg |
| Caption: | Sheet music cover |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | 1917 |
"I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye" is a World War I song written and composed by Charles A. Snyder and Oscar Doctor. The song was published in 1917 by Snyder Music Co. in New York City. The sheet music cover, illustrated by E. H. Pfeiffer, depicts a soldier kissing a woman good-bye with an inset photo of Paul Elwood.
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[1]
Bibliography
- Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music . 1 . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
- Book: Paas . John Roger . 2014 . America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I . Wiesbaden . Harrassowitz Verlag . 978-3-447-10278-0 . 892462420.
- 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
- Doctor . Oscar . Snyder . Chas. A.. 1917 . I'm hitting the trail to Normandy: so kiss me goodbye . WWI Sheet Music . 20120460.
