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We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home (Hello Central, Give me France)
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Wikipedia article
'We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home (Hello Central, Give me France)' is a World War I song written by James M. Reilly and composed by Harry DeCosta. The song was first published in 1918 by M. Witmark & Sons in New York, NY. The sheet music cover features a vitagraph photo of Aida Norton and a seated child.
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.De Costa, Harry, and James M. Reilly. 1918. 'We want our Daddy dear, back home: hello central, give me France: baby ballad'. New York (Witmark Bldg., New York [N.Y.]): M. Witmark & Sons.
References
'Bibliography'
*Parker, Bernard S. 'World War I Sheet Music Vol 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. .
Category:Songs about fathers
Category:Songs about soldiers
Category:1918 songs
Category:Songs of World War I
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