"I'm Crazy Over Every Girl In France" is a

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song written by Alfred Bryan and composed by

Pete Wendling Pete Wendling (June 6, 1888 – April 7, 1974) was an American composer and pianist, born in New York City to German immigrants. He started his working life as a carpenter, but gained fame during the mid-1910s as a popular music composer, with ...

and Jack Wells. The song was published in 1917 by Waterson, Berlin, & Snyder Co., in

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. The sheet music cover, illustrated by Barbelle, depicts a soldier standing against a sea wall with a woman on top of the wall, her arm on his shoulder watching another girl walking by and features battleships in the background. In 2011, the song was recorded by Avon Comedy Four for the album ''Over There!: American Songs and Marches of the Great War - 1917-1918, Vol. 1.'' The sheet music can be found at the

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.Wendling, Pete, Alfred Bryan, and Jack Wells. 1917. ''I'm crazy over every girl in France''. Performing Arts Encyclopedia.

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*Parker, Bernard S. ''World War I Sheet Music 1.'' Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. . 1917 songs Songs of World War I Songs about France Songs with lyrics by Alfred Bryan Songs with music by Pete Wendling {{1910s-song-stub