The Fatherland, the Motherland, the Land of My Best Girl
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Title | The Fatherland, the Motherland, the Land of My Best Girl |
Composer | Carroll, Harry |
Lyricist | MacDonald, Ballard |
Publisher | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1914 |
Date of Copyright | 1914-09-02 |
Lyrics | The Fatherland and the Motherland the Land of My Best Girl Verse: I’m blue thru and thru, and I don’t know what to do, In my heart a battle’s raging, all my sympathies engaging, My mother comes from sunny France, my daddy from Berlin, And just across the Channel lies the land my girl lives in. Refrain: There’s the Fatherland, the Motherland, and the land of my best girl, They’re all calling me, and I love the three, but make up my mind I can’t, For in my heart’s a triple entente that beats for one and beats for all, Till my poor head’s a whirl over the Fatherland, the Motherland, and the land of my best girl. Verse: By day and by night, all the allies rage their fight, ‘Gainst my heart their forces sending, gen’ral love its fort defending, On one side waves red, white, and blue, on one red, white, and black, And yet another side displays the proud old “Union Jack.” Refrain |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_184 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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