Ehrlich, Sam (Lyrics) ; Conrao, Con (Music), Sheet music, 1918

Sheet music, Oh! Frenchy.
Sheet music, Oh! Frenchy.
Description: 
Title: "Oh! Frenchy" Time Signature: 2/4 Key: F Notations: Marcia moderato
Case Study: 
“Boys from Canada”: The Songs of the First World War
Creator: 
Ehrlich, Sam (Lyrics) ; Conrao, Con (Music)
Source: 
sheet music
Date: 
1918
Place: New York
Publisher: 
Broadway Music Corporation
Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
WWI, 70
Language: 
eng
Type: 
image
Format: 
jpg
Transcript: 

Verse 1: Rosie Green was a village queen who enlisted as a nurse She waited for a chance And left for France with an Ambulance, Rosie Green met a chap named Jean, a soldier from Paree, When he said “Parlez vous, my pet” She said “I will, but not just yet.” When he’d speak in French to her, she’d answer lovingly
Chorus: Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Although your language is so new to me, When you say, “Oui, oui, la la” “We” means you and me, la la, Oh! Frenchy, Oh Frenchy, Frenchy you’ve won my love with your bravery March on, March on, with any girl you see But when you la la la la la, Oh, Frenchy, your la la la’s for me.
Verse 2: Rosie Green married Soldier Jean when his furlough time arrived She said “Go pack your grip We’ll take a trip on a big ship,” Rosie Green took her soldier Jean home somewhere in Maine, They say her rural Pa and Ma, refused to do that oo la la, But when she’s alone with him you’ll hear this same refrain.