Good-bye Broadway, hello France (1917, Edison cylinder)
Verse 1: Good-bye New York town, good-bye Miss Liberty, Your light of freedom will guide us across the sea, Ev'ry soldier's sweetheart bidding good-bye, Ev'ry soldier's mother drying her eye. Cheer up we'll soon be there, Singing this Yankee air:
Chorus: Good-bye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Good-bye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long. Don't you worry while we're there, It's for you we're fighting too, So Good-bye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to square our debt to you.
Verse 2: Vive Pershing is the cry across the sea. We're united in this fight for liberty. France sent us a soldier, brave Lafayette Whose deeds and fame we cannot forget. Now that we have the chance We'll pay our debt to France.
Chorus: Good-bye Broadway, Hello France, We're ten million strong, Good-bye sweethearts wives and mothers, It won't take us long. Don't you worry while we're there, It's for you we're fighting for, So Good-bye Broadway, Hello France, We're going to help you win this war.