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There's a Red Bordered Flag in the Window

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Title
There's a Red Bordered Flag in the Window
Composer
Shannon, J. R. (James Royce)  
Lyricist
Ziemer, Fred  
Publisher
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co.  
Place of Publication
Williamsport (Pa.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-27
Physical Description
1 score ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • Flags  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Soldiers  
  • Family relationships  
  • Songs and music  
  • Mothers of Soldiers  
  • Flags  
  • Soldiers  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 1] There’s a red bordered flag in our window, / Hung with a tear and a prayer, / Telling of love and devotion, / For the boy who is now over there. / He is fighting for our Uncle Sammy, / He is safeguarding you and me; / ’Tis the emblem of a mother’s love / For the land of Liberty.
  • [verse 1] Why are you sad little mother, / Why do your eyes fill with tears? / Surely some sorrow or other, / Has happened to darken your years! / Is it the flag in the window, / The flag with its star of blue, / Telling a wartime story, / Breaking the heart of you?
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Just dry your tears little mother, / Think of the others like you, / Bearing some burden or other, / And serving the Red, White and Blue; / Sometime when the war is over, / Some day when our dreams come true, / You’ll share a soldier’s glory, / Like mothers always do.`
Musical Genre
March ballad
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.
Cover Description
  • Red and blue on white; unsigned.
  • Service flag with two stars hung in front of a French window, with shutters, on a brick background; inset in the stars are unidentified photographs of, presumably, a mother, above, and her son, below; slogans written vertically on the shutters, bracketing the flag.
Local Identifier
ndt168_094
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 Red Bordered Flag in the Window
ComposerShannon, J. R. (James Royce)  
LyricistZiemer, Fred  
PublisherVandersloot Music Pub. Co.  
Place of PublicationWilliamsport (Pa.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-27
Physical Description1 score ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • Flags  
  • Pictorial works  
  • Soldiers  
  • Family relationships  
  • Songs and music  
  • Mothers of Soldiers  
  • Flags  
  • Soldiers  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 1] There’s a red bordered flag in our window, / Hung with a tear and a prayer, / Telling of love and devotion, / For the boy who is now over there. / He is fighting for our Uncle Sammy, / He is safeguarding you and me; / ’Tis the emblem of a mother’s love / For the land of Liberty.
  • [verse 1] Why are you sad little mother, / Why do your eyes fill with tears? / Surely some sorrow or other, / Has happened to darken your years! / Is it the flag in the window, / The flag with its star of blue, / Telling a wartime story, / Breaking the heart of you?
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Just dry your tears little mother, / Think of the others like you, / Bearing some burden or other, / And serving the Red, White and Blue; / Sometime when the war is over, / Some day when our dreams come true, / You’ll share a soldier’s glory, / Like mothers always do.`
Musical GenreMarch ballad
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.
Cover Description
  • Red and blue on white; unsigned.
  • Service flag with two stars hung in front of a French window, with shutters, on a brick background; inset in the stars are unidentified photographs of, presumably, a mother, above, and her son, below; slogans written vertically on the shutters, bracketing the flag.
Local Identifierndt168_094
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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