Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have When the Boys Come Home explained

"Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have When the Boys Come Home" is a World War I era song released in 1917. Lyrics and music were written by Mary Earl.^[1] The song was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. of New York, New York.^[2] It was written for both voice and piano.^{[3] [4]} The sheet music cover was designed by artist Albert Wilfred Barbelle. On the cover are soldiers marching down a city street. A skyline is behind them, and the lights spell out, "Welcome Home."^[5]

The song calls for a celebration when the soldiers return home from war. The chorus is as follows:

Gee! What a wonderful time we'll have

When the boys come home

The girls will be dressed in their Sunday best

When the boys come home

The flags will fly and the bands will play

We'll all turn out with a smile so gay

And ev'ry one shouting, "Hip Hip Hooray:

When the boys come home

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.^[6]

External links

• View the song MP3 and sheet music here

Notes and References

1. Book: Vogel . Frederick G. . 1995 . World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 177, 313 . 0-89950-952-5.
2. Web site: Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have When the Boys Come Home . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . 9 February 2016.
3. Web site: Gee! What a wonderful time we'll have when the boys come home . . Library of Congress . 9 February 2016.
4. Web site: Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have When the Boys Come Home . . JScholarship . 9 February 2016.
5. Book: Parker . Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 171 . 978-0-7864-2798-7.
6. Book: Gee! what a wonderful time we'll have when the boys come home . . OCLC WorldCat . 20119914 . 9 February 2016.