Don't Forget The Salvation Army
There are various records and phonograph cylinder rolls of songs about the Doughnut Girls. "Doughnut Girls" was the name given to the Salvation Army Officers who ministered to the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in France during the First World War.
When the Troops returned home, several popular songs were written commemorating the Girls and their service. The most well known of these, "Salvation Lassie of Mine", a sentimental ballad, and "Don't Forget the Salvation Army", a vaudeville type song, were recorded on both cylinder and 78 rpm disc.
(Colin R. Waller, GB)
Don't Forget the Salvation Army
(My Doughnut Girl)
Words - Leffington/Lucas
Music - Brown/Frisch
Record - Pathé Frères 22111
(Arthur Fields with chorus and orchestra)
Record - Edison Diamond Disc 50543
(Arthur Fields with chorus and orchestra)
Cylinder Record - Edison Blue Amberol 3796
(Arthur Fields with chorus and orchestra)
Music Sheet at the Salvation Army Museum Basel
Salvation Lassie of Mine
Words/Music - Chick Story/Jack Caddigan
Cylinder Record - Edison Blue Amberol 3747
Performed by Helen Clark & C. Hart
Music Sheet at the Salvation Army Museum Basel
Salvation Lassie of Mine
Words/Music - Chick Story/Jack Caddigan
Record - Victor 18524-B
Performed by Charles Hart & Lewis James
Record - Columbia A 2699
Performed by Charles Harrison
Music Sheet at the Salvation Army Museum Basel
For Pianola were also made Piano-rolls of these songs. Examples are:
Don't forget the Salvation Army
Imperial Songrecord 9823-90
Played by Charley Straight
Salvation Lassie of Mine
QRS autograph word roll 799
Played by Osborne & Howe
Salvation Lassie of Mine
Vocalstyle song roll 11372
Played by Davison & Allison
Die Daten der Aufnahmen aller Schellackplatten, Zylinderwalzen und Notenrollen liegen zwischen 1918 und 1920. Sie wurden meist im Zusammenhang mit Spendenaktionen hergestellt und herausgegeben.
Text von "Salvation Lassie of Mine":
Salvation Lassie of Mine
by "Jack" Caddigan and "Chick" Story
They say it's in Heaven that all Angels dwell,
But I've come to learn they're on earth just as well,
And how would I know that the like could be so,
If I hadn't found one down here below?
Chorus
A sweet little Angel that went o'er the sea,
With the emblem of God in her hand,
A wonderful Angel who brought there to me,
The sweet of a war furrowed land,
The crown on hear head was a ribbon of red,
A symbol of all that's divine,
Tho' she called each a brother, she's more like a mother,
Salvation Lassie of Mine
Perhaps in the future I'll meet her again,
In that world where no one knows sorrow or pain,
And when that time comes and the last word is said,
Then place on my bosom her band of red