Released 1918 | Label T.B. Harms Co. | |
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Writer(s) Composer: Anatole FriedlandLyricist: Edgar Allan Woolf | ||
You're So Cute, Soldier Boy is a World War I era song released in 1918. Edgar Allan Woolf wrote the lyrics. Anatole Friedland composed the music. The song was written for Henry W. Savage's musical Toot Toot. It was published by Tin Pan Alley music publisher T.B. Harms Co. of New York, New York. On the cover is a woman in the foreground, looking back at two soldiers dressed in uniform.
In the song, the narrator explains how a soldier's uniform transforms her view of men she previously had no interest in. Her attraction is heightened, no matter if the men are short or tall, because of the "magic" of a khaki uniform. The chorus is as follows:
You're so cute, oh so cuteIn your new khaki suitWhen you're marching down the lineThen I give this counter sign"It's a Soldier's Boy for mine"As I nod coyly, nodTo the boys of the squadHow my heart is thrilled with joyOh I'd love to play hookeyWith each good looking rookieYou're so cute,Oh so cute, soldier boyThe sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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