In the Land O' Yamo Yamo

In the Land O' Yamo Yamo is a World War I song written in 1917.[1] Joe McCarthy wrote the lyrics and Fred Fisher composed the music. McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. produced the song in New York, New York. On the cover of the sheet music is a man playing the guitar as a woman dances in the foreground.[2] The lyrics describe a place that is not found on the map, but resembles "Old Napoli," referring to a city in Italy. "Yamo Yamo" is an English transliteration of the Neapolitan phrase "iammo, iammo", a dialectal reduction of "andiamo, andiamo" ("let's go, let's go") and the beginning of the chorus of the worldwide popular Italian song [["Funiculi Funicula"]], which is mentioned in "Yamo Yamo"'s subtitle. "Yamo Yamo" is illustrated in the chorus as a place where the "good fellows are" and where "you can never hear them talk about the war."[1] The song reached number two on the US song charts in May 1918.[3]

"In the Land O' Yamo Yamo"
Cover of the sheet music for "In the Land O' Yamo Yamo"
Song
Published1917
LabelVictor
Songwriter(s)Composer: Fred Fischer
Lyricist: Joe McCarthy
Producer(s)McCarthy & Fisher, Inc.

References
  1. "In the Land O' Yamo Yamo". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
  3. "Top Songs of 1918". Music VF. Retrieved 8 December 2015.


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