Composer, Lyricist: Corporal Jimmie Shea
Published 1918, Will Von Tilzer, President, Broadway Music Co., 145
W. 45th St., New York
MIDI file courtesy Benjamin Tubb
Verse 1:
England, France and Italy you all have done your share.
Belgium, you�ve done nobly too.
Just wait until we all get there.
They thought that we were giving in; they thought that we were thru.
But now they know America is sending help to you.
We�ll show them what that Yankee grit can do,
We�ll have them yelling �Quits� before we�re thru.
CHORUS [sung twice after each verse]
For the Yanks with the Tanks, will go thru the German ranks,
And roll right thru Berlin.
We�ll go over the top,
And we�re not going to stop
Un-til we�ve made those Boches all give in
When the captain gives the com-mand
Come on �Treat �Em Rough�
Gee, won�t it be grand for the Yanks with their tanks
will go thru the Ger-man ranks
And roll right thru Berlin.
Verse 2:
War is war, that�s very true and men must do or die.
But men can fight their battles fair,
That is if they will on-ly try.
Our enemy across the sea have done their very best
To stop us with their poison gas but we have stood the test.
We�re fighting fair and always have before
And still we�ve got a big surprise in store.
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