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There's A Long Long Trail A-Winding is a popular song of World War I. The lyrics were by Stoddard King (1889-1933) and the music by Alonzo "Zo" Elliot, both seniors at Yale.[1] It was published in London in 1914, but a December, 1913 copyright for the music is claimed by Zo Elliott.
[edit] Recordings
- Geoege W. Ballard (Edison Diamond Disk) 1916
- James F. Harrison (single) 1916
- John McCormack (single) 1917, mp3 and lyrics at[1]
- In the film "Smilin' Through" (1941), Jeanette MacDonald and a Men's Chorus sang it.
- In the film "For Me and My Gal" (1942), The King's Men sang it.
- In the film "Going My Way" (1944) Bing Crosby sang it.
- Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby sang it as a duet on radio in the 1950s
- New Victory Band on "One More Dance and Then" as "Long Long Trail" 1978
- Roberts and Barrand on "A Present from the Gentlemen" (1992) as "Long, Long Tail" in "Great War Trilogy"
- Friends of Fiddler's Green on The Road to Mandalay as The Long, Long, Trail 1994
[edit] Cinema
- Black and White Animation There's a Long, Long Trail by H. Brian White 1926
[edit] References
