Yanks Are Coming Over, The

DESCRIPTION: Verse based on George M. Cohan's "Over There": "The Yanks are coming over, Now it's over over there."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: war soldier derivative
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 188, "The Yanks are coming over" (1 short text)
Roud #25459
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Over There (George M. Cohan Song)" (tune)
NOTES [33 words]: Roud gives this the same number as "straight" versions of "Over There," but I split it since this is obviously a deliberate rewrite, or at least an additional verse someone else added to the text. - RBW
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File: KSUC188A

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