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MUSIC WILL HELP WIN THE WAR! I

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A NATION'S SONGS, .

The Popular Songs ofAmerica at WarBy A Patriot

A Tribute to "D·t"l' ezs Songs

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songs is an " ammu­Nation calls upon himfight off fatigue and

to a Nation's spirit whatto a Nation's army.***

THE SR.TUl{DR.YEVENING POST

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All of the Songs mentioned in this articleare on sale wherever music is sold at15 Cents Each, excepting "We BeatYou At The Marne," and "Keep YourHead Down, Fritzie Boy," which are30 Cents Each. If YOUR Dealer refusesto supply you order direct from the P::;blisher

and as always

"You Can't Go WrongWith Any'Feist' Song"

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*** The producer ofnition" maker. Thefor "ammunition" toworry.***

Major-General Wood said: "It is just asessential that the soldiers know how to singas it is that they carry rifles and know howto shoot them. There isn't anything in theworld, even letters from home, that will raisea soldier's spirits like a good, catchy march.ing tune."

*** A Nation that sings can never be beaten­each song is a mile-stone on the road tovictory.***

*** Amerie.a's Wa, Songsthrough the world - hailedthe omen of victory.***

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Zwingli said, "Nothing r.lakes a manmore of a man than music." Leo Feist isnot only building national-spirit-he isbuilding man-power. He is a genius thatserves subtly-but none the less power­fully,

Like all men with a purpose, Leo Feisthas a whole-hearted slogan-"You Can'tCo Wrong With a Feist Song." With ithe has confidently led the campaign forsinging cheerfulness-with a success that isevidenced in every city, town and hamlet ofthe United States, for the great Feist songsare heard everywhere. Today they are ourinspiration-tomorrow our memories.

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They are the songs that will commemo­rate the victory of Liberty in the great bigfuture-when young faces have beenmarkedby the hand of time-when guns arc agedby rust-when great monuments mark theland where rest those who went forth sing­ing. Get these songs-learn them so youwill know them in years to come, just as youknow "Dixie", "Marching through Georgia"and the songs of the Civil War.

them possible. It washe who conceived"'Where Do We GoFrom Here?" It washe who made "It's aLong Way to Berlin,but We'll Get There"into a great recruitingsong. It was he whobrought "Hail, Hail,the Gang's All Here"to the status of a full­fledged camp song. Itwashewhodug"Katy"out of an army camp,and gave it to thepeople. It was he whopaid George M. Cohan$25,000 for "Over'

..... There."

It was he who madea part of America's tradition "HomewardBound," "We'll Knock the Heligo Out ofHeligoland," "Bring Back My Daddy toMe," "I'll Come Back toYou When It's AllOver," '''Round Her Neck She WeaI'3 a.Yeller Ribbon," "Give Me a Kiss by theNumbers," "Each Stitch is a Thought ofYou, Dear," "Good 1.forning, Mr. Zip, Zip,Zip," "I Don't ·Want to Get Well," "WeBeat Them At the Marne," "Keep YourHead Down, Fritzie Boy," "I'd Like to Seethe Kaiser With a Lily In His Hand,""When I'm Through With Arms of theArmy," "When We 'Vind Up the WatchOn the Rhine," "Don't Bite the HandThat's Feeding You."

Mr. Feist is also responsible for one of thegreatest innovations in music since the warbegan. It was he who conceived the idea: ofa pocket~sjzed songbook for the use ofSoldiers) Sailors and the folks back home.

This eighty-page gloom dispeller containsall the old favorites with words and musicof the newest copyrighted songs. He gavethe book its appropriate title, "Songs theSoldiers and Sailors Sing," and marketed itat a price within reach of all, 15c.

One of Mr. Feist's most valued treasurffiis a letter framed in his office from a soldierin the trenches telling how he and his palsappreciated and enjoyed this book.

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I\NATION that1""\.. sings can never

be beaten-eachsong i_~ a mile~stonc onthe road to victory.

Songs are to ana·tion's spirit what am~munitionistoanation'sarmy. The producerof songs is an "ammu..nition" maker. Thenation calls upon himfor "ammunition" tofight oil fatigue andworry. The responsehas been magnificent.America's war songsare spreading throughthe world-hailed byour allies as the omen Cfr'p~of victory.

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But aside from their effect as stimulantsof the nationaJ Silirit, these war songs,simply as developments, are interesting.

Whence did they come? What broughtthem? How did they happen?

The list is already a familiar one. Head..ing it is "Over There." Pressing close forpopularity are "Where Do We Go FromHere," "It's a Long Way to Berlin, ButWe'll Get There," "Hail, Hail, the Gang'sAll Here," "Good-bye Broadway, HelloFrauce." And now they're singing a lot ofnewer ones like "We're All Going CallingOn The Kaiser," "If He Can Fight Lik<; HeCan Love, Why Then It's Good NightGermany" and" Just Like WashingtonC:rr~.;ed the Delaware, Genr'l Pershing Will~,.:)ss the Rhine."

When the boys march down the Avenue,it's the martial crash of "OYer There" thatputs the victory swing in their stride. Whenthe subscription squad "sets to" before aLiberty Bell, "It's a Long Way to Berlin,but We'll Get There" starts the signaturesto the blanks. When the troop trains speedthrough, "Good-bye Broadway, HelloFrance" swells every heart withconfrdence.

Even into the jaws of death! Americanhistory has no finer page than that of theboys on the Tuscania, who went down sing~

iug "Where Do We Go From Here."

"'hen we examine into the source andnature of these songs, we find that prac­tically every one issues from a single pub­lishing house,-the house of Leo Feist) Inc.

Practically every one gives voice to a tre­mendous eagerness for" Getting over and at'em." And the music has a certain buoyanturge that stirs the very corpuscles of theblood.

Truly remarkable that one man shouldgive the nation practically all its war songs.

But this is only the external fact. Musicif not to be judged as other things made,Lought, and sold. It comes not from with­out, but from within. It is the language ofinnermost feeling. That a hundred millionsing Leo Feist'~ war-songs means that hehas succeeded in truly reaching a hundred.million bcr:.1"ts.

I That Mr. Feist himself neither wrotei w\)rds nor music of any. of these songs isl''''ay from the point. It was he who made

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