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If We Had a Million Like Him Over There

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Title
If We Had a Million Like Him Over There - Lyrics
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
Baskette, Billy  
Publisher
McCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
If we had a Million like him Over There Verse: There’s a little Yankee in the U. S. A. Proud of it I am to speak of him this day. He’s hailing from Rhode Island And his heart is Irish true. He’ll do his best for Sammy and he’ll do his best for you. I’ll bet you all the time that you’ve been knowin, That I’m speaking of the Yankee Georgie Cohan. Refrain: We need a million Yankees like him on the other side. A million like him, ev’ry yankee true and tried, We need that little Yankee doodle doodle do or die When that Grand old flag is waving over you and I, When we say “So long Mary,” we need that Irish pep. Ev’ry soldier man must have a fighting “rep.” We’d make a dandy showing, With the likes of Georgie Cohan, If we had a million like him over there. Verse: Just imagine him a General in command, Marching ‘cross the fighting line with sword in hand, A million Yankee Doodle boy all waiting for the time, To march right into Berlin right across the River Rhine, And ev’ry Irish laddie would
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_357
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
If We Had a Million Like Him Over There
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
Baskette, Billy  
Publisher
McCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-09
Lyrics
If we had a Million like him Over There Verse: There’s a little Yankee in the U. S. A. Proud of it I am to speak of him this day. He’s hailing from Rhode Island And his heart is Irish true. He’ll do his best for Sammy and he’ll do his best for you. I’ll bet you all the time that you’ve been knowin, That I’m speaking of the Yankee Georgie Cohan. Refrain: We need a million Yankees like him on the other side. A million like him, ev’ry yankee true and tried, We need that little Yankee doodle doodle do or die When that Grand old flag is waving over you and I, When we say “So long Mary,” we need that Irish pep. Ev’ry soldier man must have a fighting “rep.” We’d make a dandy showing, With the likes of Georgie Cohan, If we had a million like him over there. Verse: Just imagine him a General in command, Marching ‘cross the fighting line with sword in hand, A million Yankee Doodle boy all waiting for the time, To march right into Berlin right across the River Rhine, And ev’ry Irish laddie would
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_357
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleIf We Had a Million Like Him Over There
ComposerBaskette, Billy  
LyricistBaskette, Billy  
PublisherMcCarthy & Fisher Music Pub.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-09
LyricsIf we had a Million like him Over There Verse: There’s a little Yankee in the U. S. A. Proud of it I am to speak of him this day. He’s hailing from Rhode Island And his heart is Irish true. He’ll do his best for Sammy and he’ll do his best for you. I’ll bet you all the time that you’ve been knowin, That I’m speaking of the Yankee Georgie Cohan. Refrain: We need a million Yankees like him on the other side. A million like him, ev’ry yankee true and tried, We need that little Yankee doodle doodle do or die When that Grand old flag is waving over you and I, When we say “So long Mary,” we need that Irish pep. Ev’ry soldier man must have a fighting “rep.” We’d make a dandy showing, With the likes of Georgie Cohan, If we had a million like him over there. Verse: Just imagine him a General in command, Marching ‘cross the fighting line with sword in hand, A million Yankee Doodle boy all waiting for the time, To march right into Berlin right across the River Rhine, And ev’ry Irish laddie would
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_357
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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