We'll Knock The Heligo-- Into Heligo-- Out Of Heligoland! Explained

We'll Knock The Heligo-- Into Heligo-- Out Of Heligoland!
Caption:	Sheet Music cover
Language:	English
Published:	1917

We'll Knock The Heligo—Into Heligo—Out Of Heligoland! is a World War I song written by John J. O'Brien and composed by Theodore Morse.^[1] The song was first published in 1917 by Leo Feist Inc., in New York, NY. The sheet music cover depicts a terrified Kaiser Wilhelm II standing on top of Heligoland while shells are bursting in his back and United States sailors with guns are rushing toward him.^[2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.^[3]

Bibliography

• Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. .
• Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. .
• 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. . 262 . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 762 . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
3. Morse, Theodore F., and John O'Brien. 1917. We'll knock the Heligo-- into Heligo-- out of Heligoland! New York: Leo Feist Inc.