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Good-bye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam

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Title
Good-bye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam - Lyrics
Composer
Grimm, C. A.  
Lyricist
Browning, W. E.  
Publisher
Lyceum Music Publishers  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
Goodbye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam Verse: The Sammies are going across the deep seas And mother I must go too, For it’s my country that’s calling, In line I’ll be falling, And fight for the Red, White and Blue. To poor bleeding France we will soon pay our debt It’s a debt we’ve owed for years. Now dear Mother do not cry, Kiss your soldier boy goodbye, There’ll be millions of volunteers. Refrain: Goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. I’m only one of your loyal sons, who honor and obey your command. Our great-grand-daddies fought for liberty, And it’s up to all of us to lend a hand. For now that we’re in this fight, My country wrong or right, So goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. Verse: When this war is over and we are at peace, Come back to your dad and me. But now you know that they need you, Go lad and God speed you, For soon we must have victory. My country we give you our one darling boy, That’s as much as we can do. Do your bit and never fear, Fight for
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 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_234
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
Good-bye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam
Composer
Grimm, C. A.  
Lyricist
Browning, W. E.  
Publisher
Lyceum Music Publishers  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-10-30
Lyrics
Goodbye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam Verse: The Sammies are going across the deep seas And mother I must go too, For it’s my country that’s calling, In line I’ll be falling, And fight for the Red, White and Blue. To poor bleeding France we will soon pay our debt It’s a debt we’ve owed for years. Now dear Mother do not cry, Kiss your soldier boy goodbye, There’ll be millions of volunteers. Refrain: Goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. I’m only one of your loyal sons, who honor and obey your command. Our great-grand-daddies fought for liberty, And it’s up to all of us to lend a hand. For now that we’re in this fight, My country wrong or right, So goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. Verse: When this war is over and we are at peace, Come back to your dad and me. But now you know that they need you, Go lad and God speed you, For soon we must have victory. My country we give you our one darling boy, That’s as much as we can do. Do your bit and never fear, Fight for
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 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_234
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleGood-bye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam
ComposerGrimm, C. A.  
LyricistBrowning, W. E.  
PublisherLyceum Music Publishers  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-10-30
LyricsGoodbye Mother! So Long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam Verse: The Sammies are going across the deep seas And mother I must go too, For it’s my country that’s calling, In line I’ll be falling, And fight for the Red, White and Blue. To poor bleeding France we will soon pay our debt It’s a debt we’ve owed for years. Now dear Mother do not cry, Kiss your soldier boy goodbye, There’ll be millions of volunteers. Refrain: Goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. I’m only one of your loyal sons, who honor and obey your command. Our great-grand-daddies fought for liberty, And it’s up to all of us to lend a hand. For now that we’re in this fight, My country wrong or right, So goodbye mother, so long dad, hello Uncle Sam. Verse: When this war is over and we are at peace, Come back to your dad and me. But now you know that they need you, Go lad and God speed you, For soon we must have victory. My country we give you our one darling boy, That’s as much as we can do. Do your bit and never fear, Fight for
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_234
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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