I'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina explained

I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina
Cover:I'm goin to fight my way right back to carolina.jpg
Caption:Sheet music cover found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Language:English
Published:1918
Label:McCarthy & Fisher, Inc.

"I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina" is a World War I era song written and composed by Billy Baskette and Jessie Spiess.[1] The song was published in 1918 by McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. of New York City. The sheet music cover was designed by Andre C. De Takacs. It features an armed soldier tearing through the cover.[2] The song was written for both voice and piano.[3]

The lyrics are told from the point of view of a soldier who is willing to fight to his best ability. His inspiration is his girlfriend Caroline (also referred to as Carolina). The chorus is as follows:[4]

I'm goin' to fight my way back to Carolina

I'm goin' to run every Hun,

every son of gun I see

Depend on me, Cause I'm in this thing to win

And I know that it's no sin

To grab a little German, any little Herman

and carve my name on him

And I am satisfied Carolina loves me

I left my heart with her in Dixie land,

She'll understand that I may come back with something missin'

But that won't keep us from huggin' and kissin'

When I fight my way back to Caroline

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[5] [6]

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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. . 194. 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
  2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music 1. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 283 . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
  3. Web site: I'm goin' to fight my way right back to Carolina . . Gonzaga University Digital Collections . Gonzaga University . 19 February 2016.
  4. Web site: I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina . . University Library . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . 19 February 2016 . 30 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151230162232/http://imagesearchnew.library.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/myers/id/2235 . dead .
  5. Baskette, Billy, and Jessie Spiess. 1918. I'm goin' to fight my Way right back to Carolina. [Song]. New York: McCarthy & Fisher.
  6. Book: I'm goin' to fight my way right back to Carolina . . OCLC WorldCat . 13464209 . 19 February 2016.

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