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Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart, Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too

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Title
Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart, Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too - Lyrics
Composer
Gasber, Ella Myers  
Lyricist
Gasber, Ella Myers  
Publisher
G. M. Tidd, Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
Columbus (Ohio)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
  • And I have come to say goodbye, before I cross the sea. So comfort dear old mother please, and help her all you can, For I am glad that I can go and fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain: Goodbye, goodbye, dear sweetheart, goodbye dear mother, too, Goodbye and may God bless you both and keep you safe and true. And when the war is over and skies again are blue, If I am spared thru shot and shell, then I’ll come back to you. Verse: And when I land in sunny France with stars and stripes so true, I’ll think of those I love so well, of you with eyes of blue. And with new zeal and vigor then I’ll do the best I can, In trenches deep on foreign fields, I’ll fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain
  • Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart (Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too) Verse: Dear sweetheart, I must go away, my country’s calling me
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_163
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart, Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too
Composer
Gasber, Ella Myers  
Lyricist
Gasber, Ella Myers  
Publisher
G. M. Tidd, Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
Columbus (Ohio)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-25
Lyrics
  • Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart (Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too) Verse: Dear sweetheart, I must go away, my country’s calling me
  • And I have come to say goodbye, before I cross the sea. So comfort dear old mother please, and help her all you can, For I am glad that I can go and fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain: Goodbye, goodbye, dear sweetheart, goodbye dear mother, too, Goodbye and may God bless you both and keep you safe and true. And when the war is over and skies again are blue, If I am spared thru shot and shell, then I’ll come back to you. Verse: And when I land in sunny France with stars and stripes so true, I’ll think of those I love so well, of you with eyes of blue. And with new zeal and vigor then I’ll do the best I can, In trenches deep on foreign fields, I’ll fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_163
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleGoodbye, Dear Sweetheart, Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too
ComposerGasber, Ella Myers  
LyricistGasber, Ella Myers  
PublisherG. M. Tidd, Music Pub.  
Place of PublicationColumbus (Ohio)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-25
Lyrics
  • Goodbye, Dear Sweetheart (Goodbye, Dear Mother, Too) Verse: Dear sweetheart, I must go away, my country’s calling me
  • And I have come to say goodbye, before I cross the sea. So comfort dear old mother please, and help her all you can, For I am glad that I can go and fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain: Goodbye, goodbye, dear sweetheart, goodbye dear mother, too, Goodbye and may God bless you both and keep you safe and true. And when the war is over and skies again are blue, If I am spared thru shot and shell, then I’ll come back to you. Verse: And when I land in sunny France with stars and stripes so true, I’ll think of those I love so well, of you with eyes of blue. And with new zeal and vigor then I’ll do the best I can, In trenches deep on foreign fields, I’ll fight for Uncle Sam. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
Local Identifier2014_12996_163
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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