I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye
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{{Short description|1917 song by Charles A. Snyder and Oscar Doctor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye
| cover = ImHittingtheTrailTonNormandy.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Sheet music cover
| type =
| language = English
| written =
| published = 1917
| writer = Charles A. Snyder
Oscar Doctor
| composer =
| lyricist =
}}
"I'm Hitting the Trail to Normandy: So Kiss Me Goodbye" is a World War I song written and composed by Charles A. Snyder and Oscar Doctor.{{sfn|Vogel|1995|p=194}} The song was published in 1917 by Snyder Music Co. in New York City. The sheet music cover, illustrated by E. H. Pfeiffer, depicts a soldier kissing a woman good-bye with an inset photo of Paul Elwood.{{sfn|Parker|2007|p=283}}{{sfn|Paas|2014|p=97}}
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.{{cite AV media |last1=Doctor |first1=Oscar |last2=Snyder |first2=Chas. A.|year=1917 |title=I'm hitting the trail to Normandy: so kiss me goodbye |publisher=WWI Sheet Music |oclc=20120460}}
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- {{cite book |last=Parker |first=Bernard S. |year=2007 |title=World War I Sheet Music |volume=1 |location=Jefferson |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-2798-7 |oclc=71790113}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Paas |editor-first=John Roger |year=2014 |title=America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I |location=Wiesbaden |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-10278-0 |oclc=892462420}}
- {{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Frederick G. |year=1995 |title=World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics |location=Jefferson |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=0-89950-952-5 |oclc=32241433}}
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