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I am priviledged to have had the opportunity to help Melanie Gall with her CD of WWI knitting songs, titled Knitting all the Day, 2012, published by Savvy Girls. Those songs with asterisks (*) preceeding the titles are on that CD. Choose song title for pictures, relevant lyrics, additional information, and/or comments:

* And Then She'd Knit, Knit, Knit [Another Row, Row, Row] A Little Love Yarn words: Eddie Moran; music: Harry Von Tilzer, cover: Pfeiffer, 1917, Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., NY.
Dreaming Sweet Dreams of Mother words: Jack Caddigan, music: James A. Brennan, 1918, Leo Feist, Inc., NY.
* Each Stitch is a Thought of You, Dear words: Al. Sweet, music: Billy Baskette, 1918, Leo Feist, Inc., NY.
Every Girl is Knitting For Some Mother's Son in France written: Hawley & Bellaire, 1918, Jeff Branen Publisher, NY.
I May Stay a Little Longer words: Lew Brown, music: Albert Von Tilzer, 1918, Broadway Music Corp., NY.
I Want to be Loved by a Soldier words: Henry Fink, music: Abner Silver, introduced by: Mollie King - "Star of the Screen", 1918, Joe Morris Music Co., NY.
I Wonder What They're Doing Tonight (Your Girl and Mine) words: Lew Brown & Al Harriman, music: Jack Egan, 1918, Broadway Music Corp., NY.
* I Wonder Who's Knitting for Me words: Raymond Leveen; music: Jesse Winne, 1917, Winlee Music Co., NY.
I'm Knitting a Rosary words: Robert Levenson, music: Vincent Plunkett, 1918, D.W. Cooper Publishing Co., Boston, MA.
Indianola by: S.R.Henry & D.Onivas, Lyric: Frank H. Warren, 1918, Jos. W. Stern & Co, NY.
It's the Lovingest Way words & music: W. & M. Graff & Childs, Los Angeles, CA High School & Junior College for Benefit of the Soldiers.
Knit, Knit, Knit from the musical Jack O'Lantern, by: Anne Caldwell & R.H. Burnside, music: Ivan Carlyll, 1917, Chappell & Co., Ltd, NY.
Knit, Knit, Knit, Sister Sue music: Raymond Walker, words: Chas. McCarron, 1914, Broadway Music Corp., NY.
Knitting Socks for Daddy's Men words & music: Jean Munro Mulloy, 1915, Anglo Canadian Music Publishers Association, Ltd, Toronto, Canada.
* Knitting Song   To the Soldier Girls at Home   'This War has Brought a Custom Back' words: Frank L Armstrong, music: Anna Priscilla Risher, 1917,The Arthur F. Schmidt Co.,Boston, Leipzig, & New York.
* Knitting Song "Marching Marching" written & composed by: Muriel Bruce & Baron Aliotti, 1915, Chappell & Co., Ltd, NY.
Knitting Song included in the Gems from the Musical Comedy F. Freddie Fritter, D.D., words: R.I. & R.W. French, music: William P. Conrad, 1918, R.I. & R.W. French & W.P. Conrad, Orange, Mass.
* Knitting Song "Knitting All the Day" Dedicated to the Red Cross, by Floy McGlashan, 1918, A.W.Perry's Sons, Sedalia, MO.
* Knitting Song "Soldier Boy" words: Jessie Pope, music: Paul Wentworth,1915, West & Co.
* Knitting War Song "Soldier Soldier, Dear Unknown" by Alicia Adelaide Needham, 1915.
* Listen to the Knocking at the Knitting Club words: Bert Hanlon, music: Harry VonTilzer, 1917, Harry VonTilzer Music Pub. Co., NYC.
Mammy O' Mine words: Wm Tracey, music: Mace O. Pinkard, 1919, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., NY.
* More Power to Your Knitting, Nell words: Riley McCowan music: Havez Gillespie, 1918, M. Witmark & Sons, NY.
* Mother's Sitting Knitting Little Mittens For The Navy words & music: R.P.Weston & Hermann Darewski, 1915, Francis, Day, & Hunter.
Send Me a Curl words & music: Geoffrey O'Hara, 1917, Huntzinger & Dilworth, NY.
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers Al Jolson's Sensational Success written by R.P. Weston, music: Herman Darewski, 1915, T.B.Harms & Francis Day & Hunter, NY.
* Stick to Your Knitting music: Vincent Youmans & Herbert Stothart, lyrics: Wm. Cary Duncan & Oscar Hammerstein II, 1923 (actually between wars, but listed here also, because on Melanie Gall's CD of WWI songs) Harms, Inc., NY.
Then They Both Forgot Their Little Ball of Yarn words & music: Humphrey E. Bradley, 1918, Whitmore Music Publishing Co., NY & Scranton, PA.
* There's a Girl who is Knitting for You words: George Hopkins, music: Florence Mills Nixson, 1918, Florence Mills Nixson, Los Angeles, CA.
We'll Do Our Share While You're Over There words: Lew Brown & Al Harriman, music: Jack Egan, 1918, Broadway Music Corp, NY.
While You're Over There In No Man's Land I'm Over Here in Lonesome Land words & music: Jessie Spiess & Jack Stanley 1918, Will Rossiter, Chicago.
Who Do You Love? by: Gene Buck & James Hanley, 1918, T.B. Harms, NY.