"Over There"

Song

By: George M. Cohan

Date: 1917

Source: Cohan, George M. "Over There." New York: Leo Feist, 1917. Historic American Sheet Music: 1910–1920, music no. 1170. Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Available online at http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/cgi-bin/nph-dweb/dynaweb/sh... ; website home page: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu (accessed November 26, 2002).

About the Artist: George Michael Cohan (1878–1942) was born on either the third or fourth of July in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, he performed with his family in a vaudeville act called "The Four Cohans." He began composing music at age ten and sold his first song at sixteen. His big break came with the 1904...

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