“I Don’t Want to Get Well” by Arthur Fields 1917

Vocalist Arthur Fields and Grace Woods recorded the song in 1918. It was issued by Edison Blue Amberol.[5] Eddie Cantor popularized the song.[6] The song is about a soldier who does not want to get better because he has fallen in love with his nurse. The soldier sends a letter to his worried friend, assuring him that getting shot was the best thing that happened to him. The friend then decides to head to war and hopes he gets injured too.