The Greatest Battle Song of All
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| Title | The Greatest Battle Song of All |
| Composer | |
| Lyricist | Ruby, Harry |
| Publisher | Kalmar Puck & Abrahams |
| Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
| Year of Publication | 1916 |
| Date of Copyright | 1915-03-09 |
| Lyrics | The Greatest Battle Song of All Verse: It seems to me this life is full of petty strife and care. While battle songs of nations are floating on the air, We’re patriotic always when battle hyms [sic] are sung And hearts beat all the faster when in the mother tongue. It takes a martial air to make men do and dare. Refrain: There’s a battle song called ‘Tipperary’ and ‘God Save the King’ While ‘My Country Tis of Thee’ is what Yankees sing. The Motherland the Fatherland to arms their sons now call, But here comes the bride, here comes the bride, that’s the greatest battle song of all. Verse: We’ve heard in song and story of the men who fought in wars, And there on hist’ry’s pages we eas’ly find the cause, With noble aspiration so loyal, brave and free. A man will fight for freedom as well as liberty. They say a wedding tune will send men to their doom. Refrain |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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| Local Identifier | 2014_12996_217 |
| Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
| Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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