Vintage Audio - When I Send You a Picture of Berlin
Reproduced below are the lyrics to the highly popular, catchy When I Send You a Picture of Berlin (You'll Know It's Over, "Over There").
Written in 1918 by Frank Fay and Dave Dreyer the song was published in New York by Harry von Tilzer.
Use the player above to listen to a highly enjoyable 1918 recording of the song performed by Arthur Fields and the Peerless Quartet.
When I Send You a Picture of Berlin
Johnny Johnson feeling fit
Uniform and army kit
Johnny was a cam'ra fiend
Of that trip had often dreamed
Sweetheart crying at the
pier
Said "I'm proud of you my dear"
Now you'll realize your dreams
Taking pictures of those scenes
Said John that's what I'll
do
And I'll send them home to you
When I send you a picture of
London
Then you'll know I've landed safely "Over There"
When I've send you a snapshot of Paris
You'll know I'm ready to do and dare (I'll do my share)
You'll know I'm thinking
about you
When I send you my photo all alone
But when I send you a picture of Berlin
You'll know it's over, "Over There" I'm coming home
Sweetheart waving at the
pier
Said I'm proud of you my dear
Dried her tears and heaved a sigh
Said he'll come back, "bye and bye"
There are million at the
pier more like him
Full of vim in fighting trim
Smiling when they sail away
Our debt to France they're glad to pay
We'll miss them all at home
But there's truth in Johnny's poem.
When I send you a picture of
London
Then you'll know I've landed safely "Over There"
When I've send you a snapshot of Paris
You'll know I'm ready to do and dare (I'll do my share)
You'll know I'm thinking
about you
When I send you my photo all alone
But when I send you a picture of Berlin
You'll know it's over, "Over There" I'm coming home
When I send you a picture of
London
Then you'll know I've landed safely "Over There"
When I've send you a snapshot of Paris
You'll know I'm ready to do and dare (I'll do my share)
You'll know I'm thinking
about you
When I send you my photo all alone
But when I send you a picture of Berlin
You'll know it's over, "Over There" I'm coming home
The German word "U-Boat" was derived from "Unterseeboot" (undersea boat).
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