Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean

"Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean" is a World War I era song first released in 1917.[1] Irving Crocker wrote the lyrics. George L. Cobb composed the music.[2] It was written for both voice and piano.[3] Walter Jacobs of Boston, Massachusetts published the song.[1] The cover was designed by Rose Starmer. On the cover is a watercolor painting of an ocean with ships in the background.[4] In the foreground is an envelope addressed: "Private Good-boy; Rainbow Division; Somewhere in France."

"Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean"
Song
Released1917
LabelWalter Jacobs
Songwriter(s)Composer: George L. Cobb
Lyricist: Irving Crocker

The song is told from the point of view of a soldier leaving for war. He gives instructions to those waiting for him at home: to write to him in order to keep his spirits up. The chorus is as follows: [1]

Send me a line when I'm across the ocean
Send me a line to show me your devotion
A letter nice and long
As sweet as any song
To tell me that you'll remember
Ev'ry promise while I'm gone
Write me a word about my dear old mother
I know I'll miss her more than I can say
So while I'm over the sea
Just show your love for me
By sending a line to me each day

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[5]

References
  1. "Send me a line: when I'm across the ocean". Brown University Library. Brown University Library. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 234, 360. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
  3. "send me a line when I'm across the ocean". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 579. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
  5. Send me a line. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 30123716. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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