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• "Let There Be Music"
  (1943)
  Music by Earl K. Brent
  Lyrics E.Y. Harburg
  Sung by a chorus during the opening credits, Kathryn Grayson in an empty circus arena
  Played often as background music
  
  
  
• "Anchors Aweigh"
  (1906)
  Written by Charles A. Zimmerman
  Lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles and R. Lovell
  Played during the opening credits and partially sung by a male chorus
  Also played in the "Three Letters in the Mail Box" number
  
  
  
• "The Marine's Hymn"
  Music based on a melody by Jacques Offenbach from his opera "Genevieve de Brabant"
  Lyrics by unknown marine (ca 1874) and probably Henry C. Davis (1911) and unknown others
  Played during the opening credits and partially sung by a male chorus
  Also played in the "Three Letters in the Mail Box" number
  
  
  
• "The Army Air Corps Song"
  ("Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder")
  Written by Robert Crawford
  Played during the opening credits and partially sung by a male chorus
  Also played in the "Three Letters in the Mail Box" number
  
  
  
• "Colors
  Traditional
  Played during the opening credits
  
  
  
• "Capriccio Espagnol"
  (1887)
  (aka "Caprice Espanol")
  Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Orchestra conducted by José Iturbi in the opening scene
  
  
  
• "Sempre libera"
  from the opera "La traviata" (1853)
  Music by Giuseppe Verdi
  Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
  Played by an orchestra conducted by José Iturbi and sung by Kathryn Grayson
  
  
  
• "Daybreak"
  (1942)
  Music by Ferde Grofé Sr. (as Ferde Grofe)
  Lyrics by Harold Adamson
  Played by an orchestra conducted by José Iturbi and sung by Kathryn Grayson with Iturbi on piano
  Played as background music often
  
  
  
• "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
  (1942)
  Music and Lyrics by Charles Tobias, Lew Brown & Sam H. Stept
  Played as background music at the railroad station
  
  
  
• "Three Letters in the Mail Box"
  (1943)
  Music by Walter Jurmann
  Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
  Played by an Army Band conducted by Frank Jenks and sung by Kathryn Grayson
  
  
  
• "I Dug a Ditch"
  (1943)
  Music by Burton Lane
  Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed
  Sung by Ben Lessy and an unidentified trio
  Reprised by Kathryn Grayson and mens chorus, including Ben Blue, Frank Jenks and Frank Sully
  Danced also by Gene Kelly with a mop
  Played also by the Kay Kyser Band sung by Georgia Carroll, Harry Babbitt,
  Sully Mason, M.A. Bogue and others
  Played as dance music and often as background music
  
  
  
• "(The Man on) The Flying Trapeze"
  (1868)
  Music and Lyrics by George Leybourne
  Played by the circus band during the trapeze act and reprised at the show
  Sung a cappella by some soldiers
  Variations played in the score
  
  
  
• "Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)"
  (1887)
  Written by Juventino Rosas
  Played by the circus band during the trapeze act
  
  
  
• "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2"
  (1847)
  Music by Franz Liszt
  Piano solo by José Iturbi
  
  
  
• "Reveille"
  Traditional
  Played by a bugler to awaken the soldiers
  
  
  
• "You're in the Army Now"
  Traditional
  In the score as the soldiers train
  
  
  
• "(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land"
  (1860)
  Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
  Played by an army marching army band
  
  
  
• "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
  (1910)
  Music by Leo Friedman
  Lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson
  Danced by Gene Kelly with a mop and partially sung by him
  
  
  
• "American Patrol"
  (1891)
  Music by F.W. Meacham
  Played by an army orchestra conducted by José Iturbi
  
  
  
• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"
  (1843)
  Written by David T. Shaw
  Adapted and arranged by Thomas A. Beckett
  Played during the "American Patrol" number
  
  
  
• "Yankee Doodle"
  (ca. 1755)
  Traditional music of English origin
  Played during the "American Patrol" number
  
  
  
• "Boogie Woogie"
  (1928)
  Music by Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith
  Danced by Eleanor Powell
  
  
  
• "In a Little Spanish Town"
  (1926)
  Music by Mabel Wayne
  Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
  Played by the Bob Crosby Orchestra and sung Gloria DeHaven, June Allyson and Virginia O'Brien
  
  
  
• "Rock-a-Bye Baby"
  (1886)
  Music and Lyrics by Effie I. Canning
  Sung by Virginia O'Brien in the "In a Little Spanish Town" number
  
  
  
• "The Oceana Roll"
  (1911)
  Music by Lucien Denni
  Lyrics by Roger Lewis
  Played during the Frank Morgan skit
  
  
  
• "(I've Grown So Lonely) Thinking of You"
  (1926)
  (Kay Kyser's theme song)
  Music and Lyrics by Walter Donaldson and Paul Ash
  Played when Kay Kyser is introduced
  
  
  
• "Should I"
  (1930)
  Music by Nacio Herb Brown
  Lyrics by Arthur Freed
  Played by the Kay Kyser Band and sung by Georgia Carroll
  
  
  
• "Tico Tico"
  (1942)
  (aka "Tico Tico No Fubá")
  Music by Zequinha De Abreu
  English lyrics by Ervin Drake
  Instrumental danced by Maxine Barrat and Don Loper
  
  
  
• "Honeysuckle Rose"
  (1929)
  Music by Fats Waller
  Lyrics by Andy Razaf
  Played by Benny Carter and His Band and sung by Lena Horne
  
  
  
• "The Joint Is Really Jumpin' in Carnegie Hall"
  (1943)
  Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
  Played on piano by José Iturbi and sung by Judy Garland
  
  
  
• "United Nations on the March"
  (1943)
  (aka "United Nations")
  Music by Dmitri Shostakovich (as Dmitri Shostakovitch)
  Lyrics by Harold Rome & E.Y. Harburg
  Played by an orchestra conducted by José Iturbi and sung by Kathryn Grayson and chorus
  
  
  
• "Rica Pulpa"
  Music by Eliseo Grenet
  
  
  
• "Auld Lang Syne"
  (1788)
  Traditional Scottish 17th century music
  Lyrics by Robert Burns
  Background music when the soldiers leave the camp
  

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