The Yanks Started Yankin’ (1918)

The Russians were rushin’; a 1918 World War I song. Words and music by Chas. McCarron and Carey Morgan. Published by Broadway Music Corporation Lyrics 1. I dreamed of a scene in an old soldier’s home The year was nineteen fifty three With medals galore that he’d won in this war He sat smoking peacefully “Tell me of the war of nineteen seventeen” Said his grandson who stood by his side How did they fix up that terrible mixup? And proudly the old man replied Chorus: The Russians were rushin’ the Prussians