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The title of Chapter 30 of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair (published in serial form in 1847–1848) is “‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’”. Within the chapter is a further reference to the song: “Jack or Donald marches away to glory with his knapsack on his shoulder, stepping out briskly to the tune of ‘The Girl I left behind me’." [16]
Other songs that Merson wrote include "The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind", and "Desdemonia". With fellow music hall performer Charles Austin , he set up Homeland Films, and made several silent short films , including Billy's Spanish Love Spasm (1915), directed by W. P. Kellino . [ 5 ]
"It's a Long, Long Way to the U.S.A (And the Girl I Left Behind)" is a World War I era song released in 1917. Val Trainor wrote the lyrics. Harry Von Tilzer composed the music. [2] The song was published by Harry Von Tilzer Publishing Company of New York, New York. [3] It was written for both voice and piano. [4]
The air to which the song is sung is that of "Brighton Camp" (a reel in G Major), which is also used for "The Girl I Left Behind" and "The Rare Old Mountain Dew". [7]The earliest known version of the melody was printed about 1810 in Hime's Pocket Book for the German Flute or Violin (Dublin), vol. 3, p. 67, under the title The Girl I Left Behind Me (in the National Library of Ireland, Dublin).
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The Girl I Left Behind Me Columbia Feb, 1928 Flanagan Brothers Around The Old Turf Fire [Mouth Organ & Jew Harp] Columbia May, 1928 Flanagan Brothers You Can't Keep A Good Man Down Columbia May, 1928 Flanagan Brothers Bells Of Athenry [Hornpipe] Columbia May, 1928 Flanagan Brothers Kelly's House Party [Comic Scene] Columbia May, 1928
I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind is a World War I era song about a soldier named Johnny dreaming of coming home and giving his medal to his sweetheart. [1] The song was first featured in Ziegfeld Follies of 1918. [2] It reached the top 20 in August 1918 and climbed even higher to number 14 in September 1918.
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