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There's a Service Flag Flying at Our House

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Title
There's a Service Flag Flying at Our House
Composer
Brown, Al W.  
Lyricist
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Hoier, Thomas  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-12-22
Physical Description
1 score ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • Flags  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Soldiers  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Marches (Voice with piano)  
  • Families of military personnel  
  • Songs and music  
  • Soldiers  
  • Family relationships  
  • Flags  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Subject - Temporal
1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] There beside old glory, / Telling all our story, / Until the end, that flag is going to fly. / We are proud to show it, / Want the world to know it, / We will do or we will die. / There’s a million others / giving sons and brothers, / And proudly watch them as they march away, / And Although their hearts may ache, / Although their hearts my break, / There’s a million glad they can say.
  • [refrain 1] There’s a service flag flying at our house, / A blue star in a field of red and white / Father is so proud of what his boy has done, / There’s a tear in mother’s smile and she murmurs “my son” / Perhaps he may return with fame and glory / But if by chance we lose him in the fight, / There’ll be a service flag flying at our house / And a new star in Heaven that night.
  • [verse 1] See the people running, / Hear the rum-tum-tuming / Military music fills the air. / Ev’ry one is waiting, / Hearts are palpitating, / Flags are flying ev’rywhere. / Of ev’ry allied nation, / from nearly all creation, / Their banners wave from ev’ry staff and Dome. / But the one I love to see, / That means so much to me, / Is the flag that’s flying at home.
Musical Genre
March song
Repository
Newberry Library
Rights
NoC-US
Rights Description
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
Artist
Starmer [William and Frederick]  
Cover Description
  • Black, red, and blue on white; signed BR.
  • Troops, with cheering crowds, marching down city street, with service flags prominently hanging from windows.
Back Cover Description
Samples, in ornate border, with lists of titles and promotional text: The old grey mare (© 1915 10 06) and Say a prayer for the boys out there (© 1917 10 13).
Interior Description
pp. 2-3, BL: J. M. Co. 603-2
Performance Medium
Voice and piano  
Local Identifier
ndt168_037
Collection Title
James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
Collection
World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
TitleThere's a Service Flag Flying at Our House
ComposerBrown, Al W.  
Lyricist
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Hoier, Thomas  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-12-22
Physical Description1 score ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • Flags  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Soldiers  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Marches (Voice with piano)  
  • Families of military personnel  
  • Songs and music  
  • Soldiers  
  • Family relationships  
  • Flags  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Subject - Temporal1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] There beside old glory, / Telling all our story, / Until the end, that flag is going to fly. / We are proud to show it, / Want the world to know it, / We will do or we will die. / There’s a million others / giving sons and brothers, / And proudly watch them as they march away, / And Although their hearts may ache, / Although their hearts my break, / There’s a million glad they can say.
  • [refrain 1] There’s a service flag flying at our house, / A blue star in a field of red and white / Father is so proud of what his boy has done, / There’s a tear in mother’s smile and she murmurs “my son” / Perhaps he may return with fame and glory / But if by chance we lose him in the fight, / There’ll be a service flag flying at our house / And a new star in Heaven that night.
  • [verse 1] See the people running, / Hear the rum-tum-tuming / Military music fills the air. / Ev’ry one is waiting, / Hearts are palpitating, / Flags are flying ev’rywhere. / Of ev’ry allied nation, / from nearly all creation, / Their banners wave from ev’ry staff and Dome. / But the one I love to see, / That means so much to me, / Is the flag that’s flying at home.
Musical GenreMarch song
RepositoryNewberry Library
RightsNoC-US
Rights DescriptionThe organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
ArtistStarmer [William and Frederick]  
Cover Description
  • Black, red, and blue on white; signed BR.
  • Troops, with cheering crowds, marching down city street, with service flags prominently hanging from windows.
Back Cover DescriptionSamples, in ornate border, with lists of titles and promotional text: The old grey mare (© 1915 10 06) and Say a prayer for the boys out there (© 1917 10 13).
Interior Descriptionpp. 2-3, BL: J. M. Co. 603-2
Performance MediumVoice and piano  
Local Identifierndt168_037
Collection TitleJames Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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