Lyrics | - [verse 1] Over in the trenches, / Amid the shot and shell, / Our boys are bravely fighting, / For the ones they love so well; / And when it is all over, / They'll sail back o'er the foam. / Here's the word they're sending now / to all the folks at home.
- [refrain 1] We're coming back to you, / When the fighting days are thro', / We're coming back to you, / We'll all be happy too. / How well we all remember / How sad we felt that day, / When the drums were playin', / And the guns were swaying', / As we were going away. / And Heaven bless the day, / When we come up the bay, / You'll greet us with a hip hooray! / [1st time through] And there'll be tears of joy, / For ev'ry soldier boy, / Who's coming back to you, / When the fighting days are through. / [2nd time through] The Kaiser's on the run, / And when our work is done, / We're coming back to you, / When the fighting days are through.
- [Verse 2] "We are not downhearted," / Each lad says with a grin, / "The farther from the U. S. A. / the nearer to Berlin." / So keep the ball a-rolling, / Until we win and then / We've done our bit we'll pack our kit / And sail back home again.
- [refrain 2] We're coming back to you, / When the fighting days are thro', / We're coming back to you, / We'll all be happy too. / How well we all remember / How sad we felt that day, / When the drums were playin', / And the guns were swaying', / As we were going away. / And Heaven bless the day, / When we come up the bay, / You'll greet us with a hip hooray! / [1st time through] They've put us to the test, / We've proved ourselves the best, / Who's coming back to you, / When the fighting days are through. / [2nd time through] And ev'ry mother's son, / Has medals that he's won, / We're coming back to you, / When the fighting days are through.
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Cover Description | American troops disembarking across a gangplank; ship, sky, and water in background; in foreground, on the pier, an officer, wearing a sword, embraces a woman. Black, orange, and blue on white; signed RC. |