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My Soldier Boy

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Supplementary Document

Title
My Soldier Boy - Lyrics
Composer
Friedman, Leo  
Lyricist
Miller, Edith Cora  
Publisher
North American Music Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Lyrics
  • My Soldier Boy Verse: Way down south among the cotton fields and corn, where the birds are sweetly singing all the time, There’s a pretty soldier boy with sparkling eyes of blue, I call this pretty soldier boy mine. I met him in the golden summer time, and I kiss’d him ‘neath the light of yonder moon
  • The stars they told each other and they twinkled, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. Refrain: I do love you, I will be true, I swear it on my knees, Just as long as the stars shine in the sky above, I’ll be true to my soldier boy. Verse: In the ev’ning when the twilight shadows fall, and the crimson sun was setting in the west, Often then I used to go to meet my soldier boy, I promised him to surely be true, And then I whisper’d to him “I love you”
  • our secret vows were witnessed by the moon, His arms around me, his eyes look’d into mine, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. 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 17, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_442
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
My Soldier Boy
Composer
Friedman, Leo  
Lyricist
Miller, Edith Cora  
Publisher
North American Music Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-06-13
Lyrics
  • our secret vows were witnessed by the moon, His arms around me, his eyes look’d into mine, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. Refrain
  • The stars they told each other and they twinkled, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. Refrain: I do love you, I will be true, I swear it on my knees, Just as long as the stars shine in the sky above, I’ll be true to my soldier boy. Verse: In the ev’ning when the twilight shadows fall, and the crimson sun was setting in the west, Often then I used to go to meet my soldier boy, I promised him to surely be true, And then I whisper’d to him “I love you”
  • My Soldier Boy Verse: Way down south among the cotton fields and corn, where the birds are sweetly singing all the time, There’s a pretty soldier boy with sparkling eyes of blue, I call this pretty soldier boy mine. I met him in the golden summer time, and I kiss’d him ‘neath the light of yonder moon
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_442
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleMy Soldier Boy
ComposerFriedman, Leo  
LyricistMiller, Edith Cora  
PublisherNorth American Music Publishing Co.  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-06-13
Lyrics
  • our secret vows were witnessed by the moon, His arms around me, his eyes look’d into mine, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. Refrain
  • The stars they told each other and they twinkled, as I fell in love with my soldier boy. Refrain: I do love you, I will be true, I swear it on my knees, Just as long as the stars shine in the sky above, I’ll be true to my soldier boy. Verse: In the ev’ning when the twilight shadows fall, and the crimson sun was setting in the west, Often then I used to go to meet my soldier boy, I promised him to surely be true, And then I whisper’d to him “I love you”
  • My Soldier Boy Verse: Way down south among the cotton fields and corn, where the birds are sweetly singing all the time, There’s a pretty soldier boy with sparkling eyes of blue, I call this pretty soldier boy mine. I met him in the golden summer time, and I kiss’d him ‘neath the light of yonder moon
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_442
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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