words by Fanny Hodges Newman ; music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond. (statement of responsibility)
We are all Americans (allegiance) is a song written during World War I with music composed by Carrie Jacobs-Bond and lyrics written by Fanny Hodges Newman. It is found in the Library of Congress record of notable music.[1]
A similar song in feeling with the same title from 1914 by O. S. Grinnell was "dedicated to those unemployed as a result of the war."[2]
Jacobs-Bond's song was one of more than 4,500 patriotic songs written in 1918 and the second song of that name composed in Chicago that year.[3] "We are all Americans (Allegiance)" is composed of three verses, was originally written for a voice and piano format, and is addressed to "Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson".[1]
See also[]
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- War song
External links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "We are all Americans allegiance | Library of Congress". loc.gov. http://www.loc.gov/item/2013567070/. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ↑ Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 11, ISBN 9783447102780.
- ↑ Parker, Bernard (2007). World War I Sheet Music. North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 0-7864-2798-1.
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