"(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)"
Sheet music cover
Song
Published1943
Songwriter(s)Joe Bushkin, John DeVries

"(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" is a 1943 song with music and lyrics by Joe Bushkin and John DeVries, published by Barton Music Corp.[1]

The cover illustration for the sheet music was designed by Albert Barbelle and features Uncle Sam's arm and hand painting over the word 'Berlin' in the title with red paint.[1]

Recordings

The song was originally recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters on June 30, 1944[2][3] and reached number one on the top 100 U.S. songs of 1944.[4] The Crosby / Andrews Sisters version was later used on the soundtrack of the 1977 film Tracks.

The song was introduced on Frank Sinatra's CBS radio show and became popular due to its patriotic lyrics, swinging rhythm, and its orchestral arrangement.[5] It would later appear as war propaganda in the Warner Bros. short film, Road to Victory, where it was performed by Sinatra himself.[6]

Lyrics

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Yanks go marching in
I wanna be there boy and spread some joy
When they take old Berlin

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Brooklyn boys begin
To take the joint apart and tear it down
When they take old Berlin

They're gonna start a row and show them how
We paint the town back in Kokomo
They're gonna take a hike through Hitler's Reich,
And change the "Heil" to "Whatcha-know-Joe"

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Yanks go marching in
You could never keep `em happy down on the farm
After they take Berlin.

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Yanks go marching in
Oh what a Jubilee there's gonna be
When they take old Berlin

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Brooklyn boys begin
To take the joint apart and tear it down
When they take old Berlin

They're gonna start a row and show them how
We paint the town back in Michigan
They're gonna take a hike through Hitler's Reich,
And change the "Heil" to "Gimme some skin"

There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin
When the Yanks go marching in
You could never keep `em happy down on the farm
After they take Berlin.

References

  1. ^ a b "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #10". 1972.
  4. ^ "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin". MusicVF.com. VF Entertainment. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. ^ Sforza, John (2004). Swing It!:The Andrews Sisters Story. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 74–77. ISBN 978-0-813190990.
  6. ^ Santopietro, Tom (2009). Sinatra in Hollywood. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-429964746.
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