Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)

Lafayette (We Hear You Calling) is a World War I song written and composed by Mary Earl, which was a pseudonymn of Robert A. King.[1] It was published in New York, New York by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. in 1918.[2][3] The sheet music cover, illustrated by Albert Barbelle, depicts soldiers marching with fixed bayonets below a statue of Lafayette in silhouette.[4]

"Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1918
Songwriter(s)Mary Earl

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, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 51. ISBN 0899509525.
  2. 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. 202. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  3. Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. P. 160 ISBN 9783447102780. {OCLC|892462420}.
  4. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113

Bibliography

  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • Paas, John Roger. 2014. America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420
  • 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. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433


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