I have a copy of "The Army Song Book", published in 1941. The flyleaf proudly announces:
__________________________________________________________ Army Song Book
Compiled by the Adjutant General's Office in collaboration with the Library of Congress and published by order of the Secretary of War.
This book is the property of the United States Government and its contents may be used only within the military services.
______________________________________________________ It has been rubber stamped in red: SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICE HQRS, THIRD ARMY.
Wonder if it bears any resemblance to what was actually being sung by troops at the time?!
Contents List: 1. The Star-Spangled Banner 2. Alma Mater 3. Aloha Oe 4. America 5. America, the Beautiful 6. Anchors Aweigh 7. Army Air Corps, The 8. Army Engineer, Song of the 9. Auld Lang Syne 10. Battle Hymn of the Republic 10. Keep Them Rolling 11. Boll Weevil Song 12. Bombed 13. Caissons Go Rolling Along, The 13. Parody, Field Artillery Song 14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 15. Casey Jones 16. Cindy . 17. Colombo 18. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean 19. Crash On! Artillery 20. Dixie 21. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes 22. Arms for the Love of America (Army Ordnance Song)_ 23. For Her Lover Who Was Far Away 24. For Sev'n Long Years 25. God Bless America 26. God of Our Fathers 27. Good Night, Ladies 28. Home, Boys, Home 29. Home on the Range, A . 30. Honey Dat I Love So Well 31. I'll Tell You Where They Were 32. Infantry, The 33. It's a Long Way to Tipperary 34. I've Been Workin' on de Railroad 35. Juanita 36. K-K-K-Katy 37. Last Round-Up, The 38. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 39. Man on the Flying Trapeze, The 40. Marine's Hymn, The 41. Minstrels Sing of an English King, The 42. Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga, The 43. Mountain Battery, The 44. My Buddy 45. My Wild Irish Rose 46. New River Train, The 47. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 48. Oh! Susanna 49. Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Used To Be, The 50. Old Joe Clark 51. Old King Cole (Fighting Infantry) 52. Old Plantation (Kuu Home), The 53. On, Brave Old Army Team 54. Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag 55 Pop! Goes the weasel 56 Raw recruit, The 57 Red River valley 58 She'll be comin' round the mountain 59. Sons of Randolph 60. Smiles 61. Song of the Signal Corps 62. Stein Song, A 63. Tammany 64. There's a Long, Long Trail 65. Where Do We Go From Here? 66. Yankee Doodle 67. You're in the Army Now