1918 WWI Sheet Music When You Come Back My Soldier Boy 40th Division Goetze For Sale

Original 1918 World War I sheet music for:“When You Come Back My Soldier Boy”Words and music by Karl R. Goetze, identified on the cover as the “Cowboy Composer.”Published by Goetze & Power, San Diego, California.The cover is specifically dedicated to the:Officers and Men of the 40th Divisionand features a photographic portrait of Major General F. S. Strong along with an image of the 158th Infantry Band. The Tempe History Museum holds an example of this same 1918 sheet music and identifies the cover subjects as F. S. Strong and the 158th Infantry Band.Goetze himself was associated with the 158th Infantry Band at Camp Kearny, California, and the song was being actively advertised nationally in 1918 as a patriotic military march song.Copyright 1918 Karl R. Goetze.Excellent piece of original WWI ephemera for collectors of the 40th Division, 158th Infantry, Camp Kearny, military sheet music, California military history, or World War I memorabilia.