When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Français

DESCRIPTION: "When Yankee Doodle came to Paris town, Upon his face he wore a little frown" because he can't talk to anyone -- especially the girls. But when he starts to learn French, he will not only be able to court the girls but will find himself to be very popular
AUTHOR: Words: Will Hart / Music: Ed. Nelson (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: soldier France war | World War I
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silverman-BalladsAndSongsOfWWI, pp. 118-120, "When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Français" (1 text, t 1unt)
Roud #31109
RECORDINGS:
Arthur Fields, "When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Français" (Columbia A2451, 1918)
NOTES [53 words]: Edward Foote Gardner, Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century: Volume I -- Chart Detail & Encyclopedia 1900-1949, Paragon House, 2000, p. 316, estimates that this was the twenty-fourth most popular song in America in 1917, peaking at #11 in November 1917 (#1 for the year being George M. Cohan's "Over There"). - RBW
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