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A Love-tale of Alsace Lorraine

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Title
A Love-tale of Alsace Lorraine - Lyrics
Composer
  • Davis, Lou  
  • Coots, J. Fred  
Lyricist
  • Davis, Lou  
  • Coots, J. Fred  
Publisher
Spier and Coslow  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
A Love Tale of Alsace Lorraine Verse: A boy, a girl, a glance, two eyes that met by chance, There came a war romance I’m told, And here’s the story, that’s marked by fate, Of love and glory, they still relate. Refrain: They kissed while under a blanket of boon beams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. They kissed and fashioned a castle of June dreams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. To arms, to battle, a stifled groan In memry’s hallway she walks alone, That’s why his flow’rs are fragrant and freshened with tear drops, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. Verse: In dreams the martial beat, of soldiers in the street, And the she runs to meet her boy, She may be yearning, she offers pray’r, He’s not returning, he waits out there. 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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_493
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
A Love-tale of Alsace Lorraine
Composer
  • Coots, J. Fred  
  • Davis, Lou  
Lyricist
  • Coots, J. Fred  
  • Davis, Lou  
Publisher
Spier and Coslow  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1928  
Date of Copyright
1928-12-03
Lyrics
A Love Tale of Alsace Lorraine Verse: A boy, a girl, a glance, two eyes that met by chance, There came a war romance I’m told, And here’s the story, that’s marked by fate, Of love and glory, they still relate. Refrain: They kissed while under a blanket of boon beams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. They kissed and fashioned a castle of June dreams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. To arms, to battle, a stifled groan In memry’s hallway she walks alone, That’s why his flow’rs are fragrant and freshened with tear drops, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. Verse: In dreams the martial beat, of soldiers in the street, And the she runs to meet her boy, She may be yearning, she offers pray’r, He’s not returning, he waits out there. 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 17, Folder 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_493
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleA Love-tale of Alsace Lorraine
Composer
  • Coots, J. Fred  
  • Davis, Lou  
Lyricist
  • Coots, J. Fred  
  • Davis, Lou  
PublisherSpier and Coslow  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1928  
Date of Copyright1928-12-03
LyricsA Love Tale of Alsace Lorraine Verse: A boy, a girl, a glance, two eyes that met by chance, There came a war romance I’m told, And here’s the story, that’s marked by fate, Of love and glory, they still relate. Refrain: They kissed while under a blanket of boon beams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. They kissed and fashioned a castle of June dreams, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. To arms, to battle, a stifled groan In memry’s hallway she walks alone, That’s why his flow’rs are fragrant and freshened with tear drops, A love tale of Alsace Lorraine. Verse: In dreams the martial beat, of soldiers in the street, And the she runs to meet her boy, She may be yearning, she offers pray’r, He’s not returning, he waits out there. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_493
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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