You Great Big Handsome Marine
| "You Great Big Handsome Marine" | |
|---|---|
 "You Great Big Handsome Marine" cover | |
| Song | |
| Released | 1918 |
| Composer(s) | Harold Dixon |
| Lyricist(s) | Harold Dixon, I. Chapman |
| Producer(s) | Dixon-Lane Publishers |
"You Great Big Handsome Marine" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Most sources solely credit Harold Dixon as both the composer and lyricist, as it is listed on the sheet music.[1][2][3] Other sources give composer credit to Dixon and lyricist credit to I. Chapman. The song was published by Dixon-Lane Publishers of St. Louis, Missouri. On the cover is a soldier standing at attention. A battleship is behind him, and planes are flying overhead.[4][5] The song was written for both voice and piano.[2][4]
The song praises Marines, and even goes as far as calling them, "the Flower of our Nation." The chorus is as follows:
- Oh you great big handsome Marine,
- You are the niftiest fellow I've seen,
- You are the Nation's pride and joy
- Wonderful boy, Wonderful boy
- Our hats are off to you,
- You are a soldier of the Sea
- First to fight for truth and liberty,
- If Washington were living too,
- He'd be mighty proud of you,
- Go over the top!
- Go over the top!
- You great big handsome Marine
The sheet music can be found at the Library of Congress and Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[6]
References
- ↑ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. p. 282. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
- 1 2 "You Great Big Handsome Marine". JScholarship. JScholarship. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "You Great Big Handsome Marine". Johns Hopkins University: The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 "You great big handsome Marine". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 805. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
- ↑ "You great big handsome Marine". OCLC WorldCat. OCLC WorldCat. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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