| "I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library | |
| Song | |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1918 |
| Label | McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. |
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Baskette and Jesse Spiess |
"I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina" is a World War I era song written and composed by Billy Baskette and Jessie Spiess.[1] The song was published in 1918 by McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. of New York City. The sheet music cover was designed by Andre C. De Takacs. It features an armed soldier tearing through the cover.[2] The song was written for both voice and piano.[3]
The lyrics are told from the point of view of a soldier who is willing to fight to his best ability. His inspiration is his girlfriend Caroline (also referred to as Carolina). The chorus is as follows:[4]
- I'm goin' to fight my way back to Carolina
- I'm goin' to run every Hun,
- every son of gun I see
- Depend on me, Cause I'm in this thing to win
- And I know that it's no sin
- To grab a little German, any little Herman
- and carve my name on him
- And I am satisfied Carolina loves me
- I left my heart with her in Dixie land,
- She'll understand that I may come back with something missin'
- But that won't keep us from huggin' and kissin'
- When I fight my way back to Caroline
The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[5][6]
- ^ 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. p. 194. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
- ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
- ^ "I'm goin' to fight my way right back to Carolina". Gonzaga University Digital Collections. Gonzaga University. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina". University Library. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Baskette, Billy, and Jessie Spiess. 1918. I'm goin' to fight my Way right back to Carolina. [Song]. New York: McCarthy & Fisher. OCLC 497716628
- ^ I'm goin' to fight my way right back to Carolina. OCLC 13464209. Retrieved 19 February 2016 – via OCLC WorldCat.