Hunting the Hun
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| artist = Arthur Fields
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| label = Kalmar Puck & Abrahams
| writer = Lyricist: Howard E. Rogers
Composer: Archie Gottler
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"Hunting the Hun" is the name of a war song that was popular during World War I. It was performed by Arthur Fields, music by Archie Gottler and words by Howard E. Rogers.{{cite book|last1=Vogel|first1=Frederick G.|title=World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with over 300 Complete Lyrics|date=1995|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0899509525|page=188}} It was published by Kalmar Puck & Abrahams in New York in 1918.
"Hun" was a wartime dysphemism meaning "German".
Lyrics
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Hunting The Hun
Over in France there's a game that's played
By all the soldier boys in each brigade
It's called Hunting the Hun
This is how it is done!
First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can capture them with ease
All you need is just a little Limburger cheese
Give 'em one little smell
They come out with a yell
Then your work is done
When they start to advance
Shoot 'em in the pants
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!
First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can capture them with ease
All you need is just a little Limburger cheese
Give 'em one little smell
They come out with a yell
Then your work is done
When they start to advance
Shoot 'em in the pants
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!
I met a soldier and he told me
It's just the latest thing across the sea
It's the game that is new
They're all doing it too!
First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can capture them with ease
All you need is just a little Limburger cheese
Give 'em one little smell
They come out with a yell
Then your work is done
When they start to advance
Shoot 'em in the pants
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!
First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
If you want to bring them out
Offer them a little bit of hot sauerkraut
They come over the top with a pip and a hop
Then your work is done
When they stop in to eat
Cut off their retreat
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!
First you go get a gun
Then you look for a Hun
Then you start on the run for the son of a gun
You can always make them pain
Let them know there's going to be a pinochle game
They come over the top with a pip and a hop
Then your work is done
When they first show their face
Crump 'em with a mace
That's the game called Hunting the Hun!
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu:8080/handle/1774.2/20315 |title=Hunting the Hun - Database entry for original publication |work=jscholarship.library.jhu.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719215957/http://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu:8080/handle/1774.2/20315 |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}
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