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Iron Men

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Title
Iron Men - Lyrics
Composer
Coyle, J. Harley  
Lyricist
Coyle, J. Harley  
Publisher
Luzerne Music Pub. Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Lyrics
Iron Men Verse: From city streets and quiet country lanes To do their bit and take their chance Gallant men from the state of Penn, You stood in the line until the end, In France you made the Fritzes dance To the tune of Yankee Doodle! Refrain: Oh! Iron men, iron men, We’re mighty proud of you. You laughed at danger ev’ry chance, When you were “over there” in France. Brave and manly, frank and free, First to fight for liberty. You show’d what you could do For the old red, white, and blue! Oh! Iron men, iron men We’re mighty proud of you. Verse: The old home guards are back with us again, They just march’d in from old Berlin. Line in line from across the Rhine, With red and blue, You’re warriors true, And no more are you tin soldiers Now you’re fearless, peerless iron men. 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 2
Local Identifier
2014_12996_372
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Iron Men
Composer
Coyle, J. Harley  
Lyricist
Coyle, J. Harley  
Publisher
Luzerne Music Pub. Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-02-24
Lyrics
Iron Men Verse: From city streets and quiet country lanes To do their bit and take their chance Gallant men from the state of Penn, You stood in the line until the end, In France you made the Fritzes dance To the tune of Yankee Doodle! Refrain: Oh! Iron men, iron men, We’re mighty proud of you. You laughed at danger ev’ry chance, When you were “over there” in France. Brave and manly, frank and free, First to fight for liberty. You show’d what you could do For the old red, white, and blue! Oh! Iron men, iron men We’re mighty proud of you. Verse: The old home guards are back with us again, They just march’d in from old Berlin. Line in line from across the Rhine, With red and blue, You’re warriors true, And no more are you tin soldiers Now you’re fearless, peerless iron men. 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 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_372
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleIron Men
ComposerCoyle, J. Harley  
LyricistCoyle, J. Harley  
PublisherLuzerne Music Pub. Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-02-24
LyricsIron Men Verse: From city streets and quiet country lanes To do their bit and take their chance Gallant men from the state of Penn, You stood in the line until the end, In France you made the Fritzes dance To the tune of Yankee Doodle! Refrain: Oh! Iron men, iron men, We’re mighty proud of you. You laughed at danger ev’ry chance, When you were “over there” in France. Brave and manly, frank and free, First to fight for liberty. You show’d what you could do For the old red, white, and blue! Oh! Iron men, iron men We’re mighty proud of you. Verse: The old home guards are back with us again, They just march’d in from old Berlin. Line in line from across the Rhine, With red and blue, You’re warriors true, And no more are you tin soldiers Now you’re fearless, peerless iron men. 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 2
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_372
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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