Send a Lot of Jazz Bands Over There

From the musical “Yip Yip Yaphank”, 1918
Words and music by Irving Berlin

The sheet music:

Send-a-Lot-of-Jazz-Bands-Over-There – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Send_A_Lot_Of_Jazz_Bands_Over_There – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Mister Wilson, Mister Wilson
    Won’t you kindly lend an ear
    To what we think is a bright idea
    It is very necessary
    That the boys are in good cheer
    So that they can do their best
    And here’s what we suggest

Refrain
Send a lot of Jazz Bands over there
‘Twill make the boys feel glad
Send a troupe of Alexanders
With their Jazz Bands out to Flanders
And make them play a lot of snappy airs
The kind that make you dance
It isn’t just ammunition and food
You’ve got to keep them in a happy mood
So hurry up and send a troupe of Jazz Bands
Over to France

  1. Mister Wilson, Mister Wilson
    Syncopation of today
    Is the music of the U.S.A.
    It is snappy, very happy
    And the only kind to play
    For the soldiers out in France
    Will help the big advance

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: