We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser

We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser is an American World War I era song written by Jack Caddigan and James A. Brennan, published by Leo Feist on February 16, 1918.^[1][2] The humorous song declared "We've got to teach the Kaiser to be wiser," with couplets like "And we'll bring him something good / A kimono made of wood."^[3] The song was recorded on Columbia records by Arthur Fields and Peerless Quartette^[4] and on Victor by William J. ("Sailor") Reilly.^[5]

"We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser" sheet music cover

The song was part of a genre of "Kaiser-hanging songs," which numbered more than a hundred in 1917 and 1918.^[6] The title page featured an illustration of the Kaiser recoiling as US troops entered Berlin.^[6]