Gasoline (1913 song)
| "Gasoline" | |
|---|---|
 Cover of "Gasoline", 1913. | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1913 |
| Composer | Paul Pratt |
| Lyricist | J. Will Callahan |
| Language | English |
"Gasoline" is a popular song written in 1913 in deference to the modern necessity for the commodity, gasoline. Lyrics were written by J. Will Callahan (1874-1946) and the music composed by Indiana musician Paul Pratt (1890-1948). The song asks a series of questions—What is it keep this world of ours a-going? What makes us happy night and day? What is the precious thing for which we're blowing each blessed dollar of our weekly pay? etc.—which it answers in the chorus:
- Gasoline! Gasoline!
- Ev'rywhere you go you smell it,
- Ev'ry motor seems to yell it.
- Gasoline! Gasoline!
- That's the cry that echoes thro your dreams.
- Gasoline! Gasoline!
- In this land of milk and honey
- 'Tisn't love—isn't money
- Rules the world, now ain't it funny?
- Gasoline! Gasoline![1]
Written in 2/4 time, the song is set to the tempo of Moderato marcia.
"Gasoline" is one of the songs the National Museum of American History includes in its collection, America on the Move.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Callahan; J. Will; Pratt, Paul. "Gasoline" (sheet music). Chicago: Frank K. Root & Co. (1913)
- Smithsonian Institution. "Gasoline America on the Move. Washington D.C.: National Museum of American History.
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