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date: 15 May 2025

George M. Cohan 1878–1942
American songwriter, dramatist, and producer 

  1. Over there, over there,
    Send the word, send the word over there
    That the Yanks are coming,
    The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
     
    ‘Over There’ (1917 song)
  2. We'll be over, we're coming over
    And we won't come back till it's over, over there.
     
    ‘Over There’ (1917 song)
  3. I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
    A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
    A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's,
    Born on the fourth of July.
     
    ‘Yankee Doodle Boy’ (1904 song); see Anonymous
  4. I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.
    to a newspaperman who wanted some information about Broadway Jones in 1912
    John McCabe George M. Cohan (1973)