"When the Fleet Comes Sailing Home" is a
World War I song written by Carl M. Legg and composed by Jay Flanagan.[1] The song was first published in 1918 by Songland Music in
Brooklyn,
New York City. The sheet music cover depicts a mother, wife, and son in uniform waving at an arriving transport ship.[2]
^Flanagan, T. Jay; Legg, Carl M. (1918). When the fleet comes sailing home. Brooklyn (549 Kosciusko St., Brooklyn, N.Y.): Songland Music Pub. Co.
OCLC79690734.{{
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Bibliography
Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-2799-4.
OCLC71790113.
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.
ISBN0-89950-952-5.
OCLC32241433.