THIS IS THE ARMY
Composer: Irving
Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: July 4, 1942, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 113
Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.
Dressed Up To Win (revised version of "Dressed Up To Kill" and used as part of "This Time" in the film version):
1. This Is The Army,
Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Sgt.Robert Shanley and Company)
[reissued as CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
For Your Country And My Country (aka
"The Official Recruiting Song" (1917) (added to the film
version):
1. 78/Columbia A 2273
(Peerless Quartette with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 18307 (Willie Weston with orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 2428 (Columbia Quartette)
4. Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark 56
Records (M) 680 (George Gershwin, piano) [reissued on Gershwin
Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2, CD/Elektra/Asylum
79370]
5. This Is The Army, Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Gertrude Niesen)
(as "Your Country And My Country") [reissued as CD/Hollywood
Soundstage 4009]
6. Alexander's Ragtime Band, CD/Screen Archives Entertainment
SEA-CSR-0007 (Donald Douglas with musical direction by Alfred
Newman)
7. America the Beautiful: Great Voices In Patriotic Song
1905-1950, CD/Romophone 87002 (Frances Alda)
The Kick In The Pants (added for the
U.K. tour):
1. Stage Door Canteen,
CD/DRG DRG-CD-94799 (Jeffrey Denman with music direction by Andy
Einhorn)
Ladies Of The Chorus:
1. This Is The Army,
Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Alan Hale and Company) [reissued as
CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
My British Buddy (added for the U.K.
tour):
1. 78/HMV Gramophone B
9355 (Irving Berlin with Chorus & Orchestra) [reissued on
This Is The Army/Call Me Mister, JJA (M) 19742; All Our Own
Work, World (M) SH 273]
2. 78/Hit 7071 (Frank Conners with Abe Lyman and His
Californians)
3. This Is The Army/Call Me Mister, CD/Jasmine JASCD 115 (Irving
Berlin and Chorus with introduction by BBC announcer John Watt)
[also Irving Berlin In London, CD/Sepia 1011]
4. A Tribute To Irving Berlin, CD/Music For Pleasure EMI
CD-DL1248 (Carol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans)
5. Songs Of Irving Berlin, CD/Castle Pulse 474 (Ambrose and His
Orchestra)
My Sweetie (1917 song added to the film
version):
1. 78/Columbia A 2511
(Samuel Ash and Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 18407 (Joseph C. Smith and his Orchestra)
3. Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark 56
Records (M) 680 (George Gershwin, piano)
4. This Is The Army, Hollywood Soundstage 408 (George Murphy)
[reissued as CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
5. Let The Rest Of The World Go By, CD/Audiophile 267 (Ian
Whitcomb and His Bungalow Boys)
Oh, To Be Home Again (written for the
Asian tour):
1. Always: The Love Story Of Irving Berlin, CD/No label (KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
Poor Little Me - I'm On KP (originally used in YIP, YIP,
YAPHANK and added for U.S. tour):
1. This Is The Army,
Hollywood Soundstage 408 (George Murphy and Chorus) [reissued as
CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
2. Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin 1915-1918, CD/Oakton
ORCD0003 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
Take Me With You, Soldier Boy:
(supposedly written for but not used in the film version):
1. Unsung Irving Berlin,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5632 (Shauna Hicks with musical
direction by Lanny Meyers)
Note: Although the liner notes to "Unsung Irving Berlin" state
that this song is was written for the film, it is not so
denominated in THE COMPLETE LYRICS OF IRVING BERLIN.
That Russian Winter (dropped from the
show after opening or after the U.S. tour; music included in
the "Overture"):
1. 78/Capitol 128 (Ray
McKinley with orchestra conducted by Ray McKinley) [reissued on
Mosaic Select: Freddie Slack, CD/Mosaic Select 18]
2. This Is The Army, 78/Victor P-131 (Brad Reynolds and Men's
Chorus with the Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra)
A radio transcription exists performed by Andre Kostelanetz and
His Orchestra.
There Are No Wings On A Foxhole (added
for the Italian tour):
1. 78/ V Disc 306 (Woody
Herman with orchestra conducted by Woody Herman) [reissued on
The V-Disc Recordings: Woody Herman, CD/Collectors' Choice Music
6674]
2. Price For Peace, CD/Paras 7002 (Meredith Wilson)
This Time (Is The Last Time) (Closing)
(uses a chorus from an earlier song called "This Time"):
1. 78/Columbia 36540 (Kate
Smith and the Kate Smith Singers with orchestra directed by Jack
Miller)
2. 78/Columbia 36551 (Chorus with Kay Kyser and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Okeh 6637 (The Stardusters and band ensemble with Charlie
Spivak and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Decca 4318 (Dick Robertson with orchestra conducted by
Dick Robertson)
5. This Is The Army, Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Sgt.Robert
Shanley and Company) [reissued as CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
6. This Is The Army/Call Me Mister, JJA (M) 19742 (Cote Glee
Club) [reissued on This Is The Army/Call Me Mister, CD/Jasmine
JASCD 115]
Ve Don't Like It (written for a 1943
radio broadcast of THIS IS THE ARMY and added for the U.K.
tour):
1. Stage Door Canteen,
CD/DRG DRG-CD-94799 (Anderson Davis with music direction by Andy
Einhorn)
We're On Our Way To France (originally used in YIP, YIP,
YAPHANK and added to the film version):
1. This Is The Army,
Hollywood Soundstage 408 (George Murphy, George Tobaias, Alan
Hale, and Company) [reissued as CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
2. Alexander's Ragtime Band, CD/Screen Archives Entertainment
SEA-CSR-0007 (Male Chorus with musical direction by Alfred
Newman)
3. Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin 1915-1918, CD/Oakton
ORCD0003 (Bradford Conner with Tim Harbold,
piano)
4. Irving Berlin & Co., CD/Garrett Mountain Records GMRD CDP
715 (Peter Charney and Chorus with music direction by Richard
Danley)
5. Irving Berlin: In Person, CD/Garret Mountain Records GMRD CDP
0113 (Jed Peterson with accompaniment by Richard Danley)
What Does He Look Like (That Boy Of Mine)? (written for
the film version):
1. This Is The Army,
Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Frances Langford) [reissued as
CD/Hollywood Soundstage 4009]
2. Marching Along With Time, CD/Oakton
Recordings (Valerie Anastasio and Benjamin Sears with Bradford
Conner, piano)
Unrecorded Songs:
The Army And The Shuberts
Depend On You (Opening)
Aryans Under The Skin (aka "Welcome, Yellow Aryans" and
"Jap-German Sextette") (dropped during the run)
Cozy Little Foxhole By The Sea (added for the Italian tour)
Daddy's Coming Home On A Furlough (added to the overseas tour)
Don't Sing, Go Into Your Dance (added to the U.K. tour)
Dressed Up To Kill (written for but not used in the film
version)
England And America (forerunner of "My British Buddy"; no music
known to survive)
The Fifth Army Is Where My Heart Is (added during the Italian
tour)
God Bless America (added to the film version)
Heaven Watch The Philippines (written for the Philippines tour)
I Get Along With The Aussies (written for the planned Australian
tour)
I'm Getting Old In New Guinea (written for the New Guinea tour)
Mandy (derived from "The Sterling Moon" in YIP, YIP, YAPHANK and
originally used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919)
Misses The Army (added for the Italian tour)
My Captain And I Are Buddies (early version of "My Sergeant And
I Are Buddies")
My Sergeant And I Are Buddies (dropped after the U.S. tour)
Oh, For A Dress Again (written for the Philippines tour; same
music as chorus for "Oh, To Be Home Again")
Officer's Speech (no music is known to survive)
Openings Of Act II (Jane Cowl Number)
A Soldier's Dream
Some Dough For The Army Relief (Opening Chorus)
What Are We Going To Do With All The Jeeps? (added during the
Italian tour)
What Is A War Song? (no music)
Yip,Yip, Yaphanker's Introduction (dropped after U.S. tour)
Note: No attempt has been made to provide discological
information for the interpolated standards "God Bless America"
and "Mandy."