The Russians Were Rushin', The Yanks Started Yankin'

"The Russians Were Rushin', The Yanks Started Yankin'"
Song
Published 1918
Writer(s) Carey Morgan
Composer(s) Charles R. McCarron
Language English

The Russians Were Rushin', The Yanks Started Yankin' is a World War I song written by Carey Morgan and composed by Charles R. McCarron.[1] The song was first published in 1918 by Broadway Music Corporation in New York, NY. The sheet music cover depicts an elderly man smoking a pipe with silhouetted soldiers across the top and bottom.[2]

This song was reprinted at least twice and was recorded by Arthur Fields.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]

References

  1. 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. p. 232. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433
  2. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Vol 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 563. ISBN 0-7864-2799-X. OCLC 71790113.
  3. Paas, John Roger (2014). America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. p. 255. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420..
  4. McCarron, Chas. R., Carey Morgan, and E. E. Walton. 1918. The Russians were rushin': the Yanks started yankin' . New York: Broadway Music Corp. OCLC 25600909
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