A WWI song from 1918. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©14 Mar 1918. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus:
The devil has bought up all the coal
He’s going to save it I swear
Until the Kaiser gets there
He needs to make it warm for Mister William
The devil has spent his little roll
For all the coal from everywhere
He’s piling it up by the ton
And, oh, what he’ll do to that Hun
There’ll be a hot time in Hades
When the Kaiser gets there
Chorus:
The devil has bought up all the coal
He’s going to save it I swear
Until the Kaiser gets there
He needs to make it warm for Mister William
I’d give Mister Rockefeller’s roll
To see the Kaiser I declare
And whisper in his little ear
You don’t know the half of it, dear
There’ll be a hot time in Hades
When the Kaiser gets there
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: