Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) explained

Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now)
Cover:	Our country's in it now we've got to win it now cover.jpg
Caption:	Sheet music cover of "Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now)"
Released:	1918
Label:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Composer:	Charles R. McCarron and Carey Morgan
Lyricist:	Arthur Guy Empey

Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) is a World War I era song released in 1918. Arthur Guy Empey wrote the lyrics. Charles R. McCarron and Carey Morgan composed the music.^[1] The song was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. of New York, New York. On the cover, on both the left and right side, are drawings of soldiers engaged in trench warfare. In the center is a photograph of Arthur Guy Empey dressed in uniform.^[2] It is written for voice and piano.^{[3] [4]}

The lyrics state that Germany began the war, and Italy and England joined with France to help Belgium. It is ultimately up to the United States to win it. Throughout the song there are lines that can be classified as a call to action. For example:^[5]

• "Ev'ry mother's son should run get a gun. We've got to punish the Hun"
• "We can help by buying bonds"
• "Food we must conserve. Wheatless buns help give the Huns the licking they deserve"

The sheet music can be found at the Library of Congress and Pritzker Military Museum & Library.^[6]

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. . 222 . 0-89950-952-5.
2. Book: Parker . Bernard S. . 2007 . 2 . World War I Sheet Music . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 492–493 . 978-0-7864-2799-4.
3. Web site: Our country's in it now we've got to win it now . . Library of Congress . 13 January 2016.
4. Web site: Our Country's in It Now. We've Got To Win It Now. Arthur Guy Emprey's Gripping War Song . . JScholarship . 13 January 2016.
5. Web site: Our Country's in It Now/We've Got to Win It Now . . George A. Smathers Libraries . 13 January 2016.
6. Book: Our country's in it now, we've got to win it now . . OCLC WorldCat . 20120520 . 13 January 2016.