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"God Be with Our Boys Tonight"
Early sheet music cover
Song
Published1918
Composer(s)Wilfrid Sanderson
Lyricist(s)Fred G. Bowles

"God Be with Our Boys Tonight" is a World War I–era song written by Wilfrid Sanderson and Fred G. Bowles in 1918.[1][2] It reached number three on the US top 100 songs of June 1918.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Parker 2007, p. 189.
  • ^ "Browse All Recordings | God be with our boys tonight, Take 1 (1918-04-05)". National Jukebox. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015.
  • ^ "Top Songs of 1918". Music VF.com. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  • ^ Sanderson, W.; Bowles, Fred G.; McCormack, John (1918). God be with our boys to-night. New York: Boosey & Co. OCLC 20119597.
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