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I Don't Want to Get Well

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Title
I Don't Want to Get Well - Lyrics
Composer
Jentes, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Pease, Harry  
  • Johnson, Howard  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
  • I Don’t Want to Get Well Verse: I just received an answer to a letter that I wrote, From a pal who marched away. He was wounded in the trenches somewhere in France And I worried about him night and day. “Are you getting well,” was what I wrote. This is what he answered in his note: Refrain: “I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m in love with a beautiful nurse. Early ev’ry morning night and noon, The cutest little girlie comes and feeds me with the spoon
  • I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m glad they shot me on the fighting line fine. The doctor says that I’m in bad condition But oh oh oh I’ve got so much ambition. I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well For I’m having a wonderful time.” Verse: I showed this letter to a friend who lives next door to me And I heard him quickly say “Goodbye, pal, I must be going. I’m off to war, And I hope that I’m wounded right away. If what’s in this letter here is true, I’ll get shot and then I’ll write
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 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_252
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
I Don't Want to Get Well
Composer
Jentes, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Pease, Harry  
  • Johnson, Howard  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-09-24
Lyrics
  • I Don’t Want to Get Well Verse: I just received an answer to a letter that I wrote, From a pal who marched away. He was wounded in the trenches somewhere in France And I worried about him night and day. “Are you getting well,” was what I wrote. This is what he answered in his note: Refrain: “I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m in love with a beautiful nurse. Early ev’ry morning night and noon, The cutest little girlie comes and feeds me with the spoon
  • I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m glad they shot me on the fighting line fine. The doctor says that I’m in bad condition But oh oh oh I’ve got so much ambition. I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well For I’m having a wonderful time.” Verse: I showed this letter to a friend who lives next door to me And I heard him quickly say “Goodbye, pal, I must be going. I’m off to war, And I hope that I’m wounded right away. If what’s in this letter here is true, I’ll get shot and then I’ll write
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 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_252
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleI Don't Want to Get Well
ComposerJentes, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Pease, Harry  
  • Johnson, Howard  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-09-24
Lyrics
  • I Don’t Want to Get Well Verse: I just received an answer to a letter that I wrote, From a pal who marched away. He was wounded in the trenches somewhere in France And I worried about him night and day. “Are you getting well,” was what I wrote. This is what he answered in his note: Refrain: “I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m in love with a beautiful nurse. Early ev’ry morning night and noon, The cutest little girlie comes and feeds me with the spoon
  • I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well. I’m glad they shot me on the fighting line fine. The doctor says that I’m in bad condition But oh oh oh I’ve got so much ambition. I don’t want to get well. I don’t want to get well For I’m having a wonderful time.” Verse: I showed this letter to a friend who lives next door to me And I heard him quickly say “Goodbye, pal, I must be going. I’m off to war, And I hope that I’m wounded right away. If what’s in this letter here is true, I’ll get shot and then I’ll write
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier2014_12996_252
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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