a 1918 World War I song
words and music by Billy Baskette and Jessie Spiess
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I’ve got to leave my Carolina
A little card said it was time
And Mister Local Board said
I must drop all things and fall in line
Now I don’t want sympathy
But I want the world to see
They surely called upon the right man
When they called on me
Chorus
I’m goin’ to fight my was right back to Carolina
I’m goin’ to run ev’ry Hun, ev’ry son of a gun, I see
Depend on me
‘Cause I’m in this thing to win
And I know that it’s no sin
To grab a little German, any little Herman
And carve my name on him
And I am satisfied that Carolina loves me
I left my heart with her in Dixieland, she’ll understand
That I may come back with something missin’
But that won’t keep us from huggin’ and kissin’
I’m goin’ to fight my was right back to Caroline
2. This little trip across the sea
To Picadilly and Paree
Is just the thing that I’ve been longing for
It’s just what suited me
Now the girls of France are fine
‘Cause they’re smiling all the time
But not a single one I found
Compares with Caroline
Sung here by Fred Feild: