Songs, Dances, and Musical Numbers
The Yankee Doodle Boy
from the Broadway Show "Little Johnny Jones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Played during the opening credits
Sung and Danced by James Cagney and Chorus
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Give My Regards to Broadway
from the Broadway Show "Little Johnny Jones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung and Danced by James Cagney and Chorus
Over There
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford, James Cagney and Chorus
Reprised by marching soldiers at the end
You're a Grand Old Flag
from the Broadway show "George Washington Jr."
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by James Cagney and Chorus
Mary's a Grand Old Name
from the Broadway show "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway"
Written by George M. Cohan
Played during the opening credits
Sung by James Cagney and Joan Leslie (dubbed by Sally Sweetland)
Sung also by Irene Manning
Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway
from the Broadway show "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by James Cagney
Sung also by Chorus
So Long, Mary
from the Broadway show "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway'"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Irene Manning and Chorus
Off the Record
from the Broadway show 'I'd Rather Be Right'
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Additional Lyrics by Jack Scholl (1942)
Sung by James Cagney
Harrigan
from the Broadway show "Fifty Miles from Boston"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by James Cagney and Joan Leslie (dubbed by Sally Sweetland)
At a Georgia Camp Meeting
Music by Kerry Mills
Danced (in blackface) by Henry Blair, Walter Huston, Rosemary DeCamp and Jo Ann Marlowe
I Was Born in Virginia
from the Broadway show "George Washington Jr."
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung and Danced by James Cagney, Walter Huston, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney
While Strolling Through the Park One Day
Written by Ed Haley
Performed by Patsy Parsons
The Warmest Baby in the Bunch
Written by George M. Cohan
Performed by Joan Leslie (dubbed by Sally Sweetland)
The Red, White and Blue
aka "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"
Written by David T. Shaw
Arranged by Thomas A. Beckett
Played during the parade and as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (Dancing Master)
Written by Jerry Cohan
Performed by Walter Huston and later by Henry Blair
Good Luck, Johnny
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Sung by the chorus as part of the "Little Johnny Jones" sequence
Little Johnny Jones
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Sung by the chorus as part of the "Little Johnny Jones" sequence
All Aboard for Old Broadway
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Sung by the chorus as part of the "Little Johnny Jones" sequence
Oh, You Wonderful Girl
from the Broadway show "The Little Millionaire"
Written by George M. Cohan
Part of The Four Cohans on Broadway medley/montage
Blue Skies, Gray Skies
from the Broadway show "The Merry Malones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Part of The Four Cohans on Broadway medley/montage
The Belle of the Barbers' Ball
from the Broadway show "Cohan and Harris Minstrels"
Written by George M. Cohan
Part of The Four Cohans on Broadway medley/montage
(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land
Music by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music by William Steffe
Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1862)
Played and sung as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
Auld Lang Syne
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
Played and sung as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Music and Lyrics by Louis Lambert
Played and sung as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
America, My Country 'Tis of Thee
Music attributed to Henry Carey ("God Save the King!") (1744)
Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith
Played and sung as part of the "You're a Grand Old Flag" sequence
Like the Wandering Minstrel
from the Broadway show "The Merry Malones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Played and sung as part of the travel montage
The Love Nest
from the Broadway show "Mary"
Music by Louis A. Hirsch
Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
Nellie Kelly, I Love You
from the Broadway show "Little Nellie Kelly"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
The Man Who Owns Broadway
from the Broadway show "The Man Who Owns Broadway"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
Molly Malone
from the Broadway show "The Merry Malones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
Billie
from the Broadway show "Billie"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
Jeepers Creepers
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung a cappella and danced at George's farm by Dick Chandlee, Joyce Horne, Joyce Reynolds and Charles Smith
In a Kingdom of Our Own
from the Broadway show "The Royal Vagabond"
Written by George M. Cohan
Sung by Frances Langford as part of the post-WWI medley
You Remind Me of My Mother
from the Broadway show "Little Nellie Kelly"
Written by George M. Cohan