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"Smiling Sammy"
sheet music cover of "Smiling Sammy"
Song
Released1917
LabelJerome H. Remick & Co.
Songwriter(s)Arthur M. Kraus

Smiling Sammy: Fox Trot is a World War I era song released in 1917. The music was written by Arthur M. Kraus. [1] The song was published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. in Detroit, Michigan. On the cover of the sheet music, there is a soldier marching with a gun resting on his shoulder. The cover artist is Tony Sarg. [2] The song was written for piano. [3]

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. [4]

References

  1. ^ 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. p. 236. ISBN  0-89950-952-5.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 589. ISBN  978-0-7864-2799-4.
  3. ^ "Smiling Sammy. Fox Trot". Johns Hopkins University: The Lester S. Levy Music Collection. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ Smiling Sammy: fox trot. OCLC  456577327. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via OCLC WorldCat.