| "Goodbye, France" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover, 1918 | |
| Song bythe Peerless Quartet | |
| Published | 1918 |
| Released | January 1919 |
| Songwriter | Irving Berlin |
| Audio sample | |
Goodbye, Franco, performed by thePeerless Quartet (1918) | |
Goodbye, France or "Good-bye France (You'll Never Be Forgotten by the U.S.A.)" is aWorld War I era song written and composed byIrving Berlin and published byWaterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc., inNew York City.[1] The sheet music cover, illustrated byAlbert Wilfred Barbelle, features French and American soldiers shaking hands with theStatue of Liberty in the background.[2]
Popular recordings ofGoodbye, France in 1919 were byThe Peerless Quartet and byNora Bayes.[3]
1st Verse:
I can picture the boys 'over there,'
Making plenty of noise 'over there,'
And if I'm not wrong,
It won't be long,
Ere a certain song will fill the air;
It's all very clear,
The time's drawing near
When they'll be marching down to the pier,
singing:
Chorus:
Goodbye, France,
We'd love to linger longer,
But we must go home.
Folks are waiting to welcome us
Across the foam;
We were glad to stand side by side with you,
Mightily proud to have died with you.
So goodbye, France,
You'll never be forgotten by the U.S.A.
2nd Verse:
Goodbye, France,
They are waiting for one happy day,
When the word comes to start on their way;
With a tear-dimmed eye
They'll say goodbye,
But their hearts will cry hip-hip hooray!
The friends that they made
Will wish that they stayed,
As they start on their homeward parade, singing
'Chorus