Enrico Caruso - Over There! download song

Thank you for posting this. No matter what language he sings it in, his voice thunders through with passion and emotion. Bravo!

Wonderful! Just as great as Billy Murray,s version, God bless America, God bless George M Cohen, 11-11-08 will be the 90th anneversary.

Fantastic rendition by an amazing singer. Best version I've heard.

Do you know why Caruso changed the lyric from "The 'Yanks' are coming" to “the 'boys' are coming"? This seems strange and a tad sacrilegious if you asked me! Thanks for a great upload!

The best singer, sang rings around Sinatra.

Enrico Caruso was really THAT good. I wish kids today could hear and appreciate his music.

I heard that maestro couldn't pronounce the word "Yanks" so they changed it to Boys for him. (:48)

Thank you very much for your kind response to my query! It’s rare that one receives such a precise—and fascinating!—answer to a specific question. I never would have guessed that Caruso and Cohan even knew each other being in such seemingly disparate musical fields. I guess Cohan was so thrilled to have the likes of Caruso sing one of his songs that he hadn’t given a hoot that the forced lyrical change sort of denuded the patriotic purpose of his work! Thanks again!

This was a GARGANTUAN hit in 1918. In popularity it rivals any Elvis hit with its total acceptance and embracing for its period. 

I just frickin' love his accent. "Ianni ghit iur gan." :)

An answer to your question..he had trouble saying Yanks or singing it. So it was decided to change it for Caruso with Cohan's blessing to Boys. Cohan and Caruso were good friends and lived in the same apartment building in NYC.

And he went over there.

This man could sing the phone book and do it better than anyone else, awesome.

One of the Super-Rare records where Enrico Caruso sang in English!

Even with the primitive recording technology of a century ago, Caruso's rendition of this classic is magnificent.  The overpowering strength of his great voice shines through loud and clear.

Just to note that the Italians fought with the Allies in WW1. We do tend to forget that.