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Goodbye Little Girl For Awhile Verse: ‘Twas at a little station out in the middle west, The bands were playing Yankee airs, the ones we love the best
She held on to her soldier boy, he tried to make a jest, Then Sammy took her in his arms her head upon his breast. Refrain: Goodbye, little girl, for a while, My place, dear, is with the rank and file, I’m only one of many of the boys who have to fall, So you be just the bravest little girlie of them all. Goodbye, little girl, for a while, ‘Twould make me feel good to see you smile, For I’m going over there, so goodbye, little girl, for a while. Verse: One day there came a message, a friend had written it, It simply told her how he fell, that he had done his bit
It read, he sends his love to you, also the U.S.A., And when he murmured silently we tho’t we heard him say: 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_167
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
It read, he sends his love to you, also the U.S.A., And when he murmured silently we tho’t we heard him say: Refrain
She held on to her soldier boy, he tried to make a jest, Then Sammy took her in his arms her head upon his breast. Refrain: Goodbye, little girl, for a while, My place, dear, is with the rank and file, I’m only one of many of the boys who have to fall, So you be just the bravest little girlie of them all. Goodbye, little girl, for a while, ‘Twould make me feel good to see you smile, For I’m going over there, so goodbye, little girl, for a while. Verse: One day there came a message, a friend had written it, It simply told her how he fell, that he had done his bit
Goodbye Little Girl For Awhile Verse: ‘Twas at a little station out in the middle west, The bands were playing Yankee airs, the ones we love the best
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_167
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
It read, he sends his love to you, also the U.S.A., And when he murmured silently we tho’t we heard him say: Refrain
She held on to her soldier boy, he tried to make a jest, Then Sammy took her in his arms her head upon his breast. Refrain: Goodbye, little girl, for a while, My place, dear, is with the rank and file, I’m only one of many of the boys who have to fall, So you be just the bravest little girlie of them all. Goodbye, little girl, for a while, ‘Twould make me feel good to see you smile, For I’m going over there, so goodbye, little girl, for a while. Verse: One day there came a message, a friend had written it, It simply told her how he fell, that he had done his bit
Goodbye Little Girl For Awhile Verse: ‘Twas at a little station out in the middle west, The bands were playing Yankee airs, the ones we love the best
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_167
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986