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Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing!: A Collection of Favorite Songs As Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors - "Over Here" and "Over There," Including Complete Choruses Words and Music of 36 of the Most Popular and Most Sung "Newer"
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18455. Eugene Buckley also recorded a version of the song. The sheet music was heavily reprinted. A version titled "K-K-K-Klanswoman," with altered lyrics, was published in a "Song Book For
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Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors", as well as "The Sensational New Stammering Song" The song was first played at a garden party fund-raiser for the
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The lyrics tell of a brave but stuttering soldier called Jimmy who is lovesick over the beautiful Katy. He buys a wedding ring before going to fight in
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1924. In the late 60s, Mad Magazine had a version called "ca-ca-ca-cooties". A Second World War official Army song book had a song "K-k-k-K.P."
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by officers who had heard this song while on leave in England. Older songs such as "K-K-K-Katy" were often preferred over modern songs.
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World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914–1920, with More Than 400 Covers Illustrated.
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Paas, John Roger 2014. America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. pg 218,
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in his Porky Pig voice in 1949, with some vocalists backing him. The song can be heard on the compilation album
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World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics.
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America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley
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includes a section with the text "K-K-K-Kyrie eleison", in reference to this song.
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in 1917 and published in 1918. The sheet music advertised it as "The Sensational
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Ku Klux Klan Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music, 1867-2002
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Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me
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He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)
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performed a parody of this song entitled "K-K-Kuwaitis", about the 1990
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sheet music and music MP3 found at the Illinois Digital Archive
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The song was the basis of a parody which ridiculed the
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Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make
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Song Book for Women of the Ku Klux Klan (Incorporated)
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Index


Song
Songwriter(s)
Geoffrey O'Hara
World War I
Geoffrey O'Hara
Stammering
Red Cross
Collins Bay
Lake Ontario
Chatham, Ontario
France
Kingston, Ontario
K-K-K-Katy
media help
cowshed
Billy Murray
Victor
Women of the Ku Klux Klan
World War II
front
Mel Blanc
Bing Crosby
Join Bing and Sing Along
Ku Klux Klan
Capitol Steps
invasion of Kuwait
Gulf War
P.D.Q. Bach
Bradford Dillman

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