"We're Going Over the Top" is a

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Andrew B. Sterling Andrew B. Sterling (August 26, 1874 – August 11, 1955) was an American lyricist. Biography Born in New York City, after he graduated from high school, he began writing songs and vaudevilles. An important event was his meeting with the compo ...

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, and

Arthur Lange Arthur Lange (April 16, 1889 – December 7, 1956) was a United States bandleader and Tin Pan Alley composer of popular music. He composed music for over 120 films, including ''Grand Canary'' and ''Woman on the Run''. Lange shared an Oscar nomin ...

. It was published in 1917 by Joe Morris Music Co., in

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. The sheet music cover, designed by Starmer, illustrates a battlefield scene with a tank moving over the top of a trench and soldiers inside the trench getting out of the way of the tank. Behind the tank soldiers march up the field.Sterling, Andrew B., Arthur Lange, Bernie Grossman, and Starmer. 1918. We're going over the top. New York: Joe Morris Music Co. http://pritzkermilitarylibrary.worldcat.org/search?qt=wc_org_prefix%20&q=no:47374626 The sheet music can be found at the

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.Grossman, Bernie; Lange, Arthur; and Sterling, "We're Going Over The Top." (1918). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 2399. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/2399

References

Bibliography *Jasen, David A. ''Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956''. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. . *Parker, Bernard S. ''World War I Sheet Music 2.'' Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. . *Vogel, Frederick G. ''World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics''. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. . {{OCLC , 32241433 1917 songs Songs of World War I Songs with lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling Songs with music by Arthur Lange