I'm late for Veteran's Day, but wanted to share this. Enrico Caruso (1874-1921) spent much of his career in America. He tried to pay his income taxes early. He sang for free and bond rallies during World War I. The second verse of George M. Cohan's Over There is not in English. Can you guess?
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