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It Won't Be Long

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Title
It Won't Be Long Till The Boys Come Marching Home - Lyrics
Composer
Williams, Frankie  
Lyricist
Williams, Frankie  
Publisher
The Krey Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
It won’t be Long Verse: Cheer up, cheer up, the war will soon be over. Cheer up, cheer up, ev’rything will soon be clover. Mothers and sweethearts don’t you cry. Just wear a smile and dry your eyes. They’ll soon be from the fray. Just listen to what I say. Refrain: It won’t be long, it won’t be long Till the boys come marching home. Each mother’s son with vict’ry won, For they soon will cross the foam. Let’s all prepare yes, ev’rywhere, For one big jubilee. And when they get back they’ll have an awful pack, The Kaiser and his whole darn fam’ly. Verse: Just imagine the sight you’re going to view To see the boys marching down Fifth Avenue, So mothers and sweethearts be prepared, There’ll be a hot time ev’rywhere. They’ll soon be over here, With victory have no fear. Refrain
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_363
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
It Won't Be Long
Composer
Williams, Frankie  
Lyricist
Williams, Frankie  
Publisher
The Krey Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-05
Lyrics
It won’t be Long Verse: Cheer up, cheer up, the war will soon be over. Cheer up, cheer up, ev’rything will soon be clover. Mothers and sweethearts don’t you cry. Just wear a smile and dry your eyes. They’ll soon be from the fray. Just listen to what I say. Refrain: It won’t be long, it won’t be long Till the boys come marching home. Each mother’s son with vict’ry won, For they soon will cross the foam. Let’s all prepare yes, ev’rywhere, For one big jubilee. And when they get back they’ll have an awful pack, The Kaiser and his whole darn fam’ly. Verse: Just imagine the sight you’re going to view To see the boys marching down Fifth Avenue, So mothers and sweethearts be prepared, There’ll be a hot time ev’rywhere. They’ll soon be over here, With victory have no fear. Refrain
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_363
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleIt Won't Be Long
ComposerWilliams, Frankie  
LyricistWilliams, Frankie  
PublisherThe Krey Publishing Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-05
LyricsIt won’t be Long Verse: Cheer up, cheer up, the war will soon be over. Cheer up, cheer up, ev’rything will soon be clover. Mothers and sweethearts don’t you cry. Just wear a smile and dry your eyes. They’ll soon be from the fray. Just listen to what I say. Refrain: It won’t be long, it won’t be long Till the boys come marching home. Each mother’s son with vict’ry won, For they soon will cross the foam. Let’s all prepare yes, ev’rywhere, For one big jubilee. And when they get back they’ll have an awful pack, The Kaiser and his whole darn fam’ly. Verse: Just imagine the sight you’re going to view To see the boys marching down Fifth Avenue, So mothers and sweethearts be prepared, There’ll be a hot time ev’rywhere. They’ll soon be over here, With victory have no fear. Refrain
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_363
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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