A 1918 World War I song.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’ve seen many diff’rent pictures of the devil down below
And he doesn’t stand a show
With a certain devil I know
Let me introduce you to him you’ll be happy when I do
He’s a devil dressed in blue
And a soldier through and through
Chorus:
High up in the Alpine Mountains
Are the Blue Devils
Where the rain of shrapnel fountains
Scar the Blue Devils
With their glistening sabers
Amid the shot and shell
They visit their Austrian neighbors
And give them H-E-double-L, H-E-double-L
Strong and active, most attractive
Are the Blue Devils
they came here the Liberty Loan to advance
We entertained them with the best
And now they’ve gone back to the trenches to rest
Those Devils, the Blue Devils of France
Sung here by Fred Feild: