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Composer : | Donaldson, Walter (1893 - 1947) | ||
Instrumentation : | Choral SATB, Piano | ||
Style : | Traditional | ||
Key : | B♭ major | ||
Arranger : Publisher : | Davis, Charles (1945 - ) | ||
Date : | 2020 | ||
Copyright : | Original copyright 1919 (expired), Arrangement copyright ©2020 Charles Davis, license Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | ||
Added by cdavis64davis, 26 Oct 2021 Most are familiar with the title and fewer with the incredibly catchy song itself. Composed in 1919 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Joe Young and Sam Lewis, the song was a big hit at the time. It sings of the young American soldiers returning from World War One, and the potential problems re-integrating into their former agrarian environments. It also spoke to a larger issue: American was in transition from a rural, isolationist country to an urban society that would play a global role. This did not always run smoothly. Amazingly there is no choral SATB version, at least none that I could find, so I just couldn't resist arranging one. Interested in performing it? Demo files for the parts are available on this site. It is an easy piece and runs ~2:40. Walter Donaldson composed a number of tunes firmly ensconced in the "standards" repertoire: Makin' Whoopee, Little White Lies, My Blue Heaven... Genre: Secular Choral SATB Arrangement: Charles Davis Soprano: Ariana Tomasi Thumbnail from original sheet music |
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