Johnnie, get your gun,
Get your gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, On the run, on the run. Hear them calling, you and me, Every son of liberty. Hurry right away, No delay, go today, Make your daddy glad To have had such a lad. Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy's in line. (chorus sung twice) Johnnie, get your gun, Get your gun, get your gun, Johnnie show the Hun Who's a son of a gun. Hoist the flag and let her fly, Yankee Doodle do or die. Pack your little kit, Show your grit, do your bit. Yankee to the ranks, From the towns and the tanks. Make your mother proud of you, And the old Red, White and Blue. (chorus sung twice) Chorus Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there - That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tumming Ev'rywhere. So prepare, say a pray'r, Send the word, send the word to beware. We'll be over, we're coming over, And we won't come back till it's over Over there. |
The audience of this song are the soldiers on the battlefield and the general public at US homeland.
This propaganda is used to support the army and to make people enlist. The composer of this piece was George M. Cohan. George was many other things as well as a composer, he was an entertainer, play-writer, lyricist, actor, singer, etc. writing about US and her glory. The main idea of this propaganda was to encourage those of young men fighting for the country and the young women working on the home-front. The techniques used in this song was rhythm and repetition. The rhythm is used to be used in a beat, keeping a meter and tempo, so it's easy to sing and remember. The other technique is repetition- Over there is repeated many times. The title for 'Over There' came up by the American authority didn't know if they wanted their troops to "Over There". This propaganda is very effective as it's easy-to-sing lyrics and simple meaning self are all good ways to appeal to the public. Also, its overriding popularity proved it's effectiveness: it sold over 2 million copies at the end of the war. "Over There - Songs for Our Times- Classroom Activity | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress." Over There - Songs for Our Times- Classroom Activity | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2015. |