Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home

"Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home"

Sheet music cover for "Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home"
Song
Published 1918
Composer(s) Pete Wendling
Lyricist(s) Sam M. Lewis and Joe Waterson

Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home is a 1918 song written during World War I. It was performed by Henry Burr, with the music composed by Pete Wendling and the lyrics written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Waterson.[1] Based on sales estimates, the song hit a peak position of No.3 on the Top 100 US songs of its time.[2]

The song was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. and was arranged for voice and piano. The lyrics are in the perspective of a young child who longs for his father to come home from the war. The sheet music cover features an illustration by Albert Wilfred Barbelle, which depicts a baby in bed.[3]

The score was reprinted due to its popularity.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Volume II. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 461. ISBN 078642799X.
  2. ↑ "Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home". MusicVF.com. VF Entertainment. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ↑ 32278011441437: Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home, Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.
  4. ↑ Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 256, ISBN 9783447102780.


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