Fill the Flag
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4726c670-c0e6-0134-2373-0050569601ca-bDescriptive Information
Title | Fill the Flag |
Composer | |
Lyricist | Davis, Edith Ella |
Publisher | Detroit Patriotic Fund (Detroit , MI) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-05-13 |
Lyrics | Fill the Flag Verse: Our soldier boys are fighting once more for freedom’s sake A mighty cause, respect for laws, it’s time we were awake But some of us are not quite fit to join them in the fray So why not try to do your bit, here is another way. Refrain: Come on and fill the flag it’s something you can do come on and fill the flag our own red, white, and blue Your gold can’t buy back liberty once liberty has fled so ev’rybody fill the flag and help right now instead. Come on and fill the flag fill ev’ry strip and fold it’s time to fill the flag with shining streams of gold Just give, give, give, and turn around and give some more if we can fill Old Glory, then we’re bound to win the war. Verse: Our mothers have been praying for sons gone over there Is the price our boys are paying worth what you think you can spare? Our sons sweethearts and brothers yes even fathers too, Are giving all they have to give and so they ask of you. |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_188 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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