We're Going Over the Top explained
"We're Going Over the Top" is a World War I song written by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, and Arthur Lange. It was published in 1917 by Joe Morris Music Co., in New York, NY.[1] [2] The sheet music cover, designed by Starmer, illustrates a battlefield scene with a tank moving over the top of a trench and soldiers inside the trench getting out of the way of the tank. Behind the tank soldiers march up the field.[3]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, as well as the University of Maine.[3] [4]
References
Bibliography
- Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. .
- Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 2. 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
- Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 767. .
- 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. . 265 . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
- Sterling, Andrew B., Arthur Lange, Bernie Grossman, and Starmer. 1918. We're going over the top. New York: Joe Morris Music Co. http://pritzkermilitarylibrary.worldcat.org/search?qt=wc_org_prefix%20&q=no:47374626
- Grossman, Bernie; Lange, Arthur; and Sterling, "We're Going Over The Top." (1918). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 2399.http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/2399
