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Dear Old Pal of Mine

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"Dear Old Pal of Mine"
Sheet Music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1916
Songwriter(s)

Dear Old Pal of Mine is a World War I song written by Harold Robe and Gitz Rice. The song was first published in 1916 by G. Ricordi & Co. in New York, NY.[1][2]

Irish tenor John McCormack earned the nickname the "Singing Prophet of Victory" by popularizing this wartime song.[3] It was in the top 20 from January to March 1919 and reached number 10 in February.[4]

The idea for the song, according to an editorial note on the sheet music, was conceived by Rice while on sentry duty at the front lines at Ypres, Belgium.[5]

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  1. ^ 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. 165. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ 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. 82. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  4. ^ Paas, John Roger (2014). America sings of war: American sheet music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 269. ISBN 9783447102780. OCLC 892462420..
  5. ^ Hayes, Florence."Dear Old Pal of Mine" The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2 July 2006. Web. 07 June 2016. <http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dear-old-pal-of-mine-emc/>.

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