I Don't Want to Get Well

Composer Harry Jentes and lyricists Howard E. Johnson and Harry Pease combined their talents to create this song about a soldier who does not want to get well and return to the front, but would rather be cared for by the nurse who cares for him.

Red Cross nurses were featured in other songs’ lyrics and on sheet music covers including The Angel God Sent From Heaven, The Rose of No Man’s Land, and The Girl Who Wears a Red Cross on Her Sleeve.