A World War tale from 1918
Words and music by Alex Marr, Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- Hey! You know Tony the Barber
Who shaves and cuts-a the hair
He said skabooch, to his Mariooch
He’s gonna fight “Over There”
Hey! You know how Tony could shave you
He’d cut you from ear to ear
I just got a letter from Tony
And this is what I hear
Refrain
When Tony goes over the top
He no think of the barber shop
He grab-a-da gun and chas-a-da hun
And make ‘em all run like a son-of-a-gun
You can bet your life he’ll never stop
When Tony goes over the top
Keep your eyes on the fighting wop
With a fire in his eyes he’ll capture the Kais’
He don’t care if he dies
When Tony goes over the top
- Hey! What-a you them-a fellow
What fly away up in the air
And hum and a-hum and drop-a da bomb
They fly away like he don’t care
Well, Tony he fight that a fellow
He bring-a down five in one place
Now Tony’s a regular hero
They call him Italian Ace
Refrain
When Tony goes over the top
He no think of the barber shop
He grab-a-da gun and chas-a-da hun
And make ‘em all run like a son-of-a-gun
You can bet your life he’ll never stop
When Tony goes over the top
Keep your eyes on the fighting wop
With a rope of spagett and big-a-sti-lette
He’s make-a the Germans sweat
When Tony goes over the top