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I'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina

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Title
I'm Goin' To Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina - Lyrics
Composer
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
Lyricist
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
Publisher
McCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
I’m Going to Fight my way Right Back to Carolina Verse: I’ve got to leave my Caroline, A little card said it was time, And Mister Local Board said I must drop all things and fall in line. Now I don’t want sympathy, But I want the world to see, They surely called upon the right man, when they called on me. Refrain: I’m goin’ to fight my way right back to Carolina, I’m goin’ to run ev’ry Hun, ev’ry son of a gun, I see, Depend on me, ‘Cause I’m in this thing to win, And I know that it’s no sin, To grab a little German, Any little Herman and carve my name on him. And I am satisfied that Carolina loves me, I left my heart with her in Dixieland, She’ll understand, That I may come back with something missin’ But that won’t keep us from huggin’ and kissin’, When I fight my way right back to my Caroline. Verse: This little trip across the sea, To Picadilly and Paree, Is just the thing that I’ve been longing for. It’s just what suited me, Now the girls of France are fine, ‘Cause they’re smiling
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 16, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_347
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'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina
Composer
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
Lyricist
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
Publisher
McCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-08-08
Lyrics
I’m Going to Fight my way Right Back to Carolina Verse: I’ve got to leave my Caroline, A little card said it was time, And Mister Local Board said I must drop all things and fall in line. Now I don’t want sympathy, But I want the world to see, They surely called upon the right man, when they called on me. Refrain: I’m goin’ to fight my way right back to Carolina, I’m goin’ to run ev’ry Hun, ev’ry son of a gun, I see, Depend on me, ‘Cause I’m in this thing to win, And I know that it’s no sin, To grab a little German, Any little Herman and carve my name on him. And I am satisfied that Carolina loves me, I left my heart with her in Dixieland, She’ll understand, That I may come back with something missin’ But that won’t keep us from huggin’ and kissin’, When I fight my way right back to my Caroline. Verse: This little trip across the sea, To Picadilly and Paree, Is just the thing that I’ve been longing for. It’s just what suited me, Now the girls of France are fine, ‘Cause they’re smiling
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 16, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_347
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleI'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina
Composer
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
Lyricist
  • Baskette, Billy  
  • Spiess, Jessie  
PublisherMcCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-08-08
LyricsI’m Going to Fight my way Right Back to Carolina Verse: I’ve got to leave my Caroline, A little card said it was time, And Mister Local Board said I must drop all things and fall in line. Now I don’t want sympathy, But I want the world to see, They surely called upon the right man, when they called on me. Refrain: I’m goin’ to fight my way right back to Carolina, I’m goin’ to run ev’ry Hun, ev’ry son of a gun, I see, Depend on me, ‘Cause I’m in this thing to win, And I know that it’s no sin, To grab a little German, Any little Herman and carve my name on him. And I am satisfied that Carolina loves me, I left my heart with her in Dixieland, She’ll understand, That I may come back with something missin’ But that won’t keep us from huggin’ and kissin’, When I fight my way right back to my Caroline. Verse: This little trip across the sea, To Picadilly and Paree, Is just the thing that I’ve been longing for. It’s just what suited me, Now the girls of France are fine, ‘Cause they’re smiling
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 16, Folder 1
Local Identifier2014_12996_347
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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