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My Uncle Sam

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Title
My Uncle Sam - Lyrics
Composer
Mayberry, Willard  
Lyricist
Verge, Byron  
Publisher
Cressey & Allen (Portland, ME)  
Lyrics
  • My Uncle Sam Verse: You may talk about nobility, Dukes and lords and all the royalty, You may tell of crowns and kingdoms, To whom subjects bend their knee, But there’s one who makes my heart to sing, Greater far than princes, queen, or king, And a mighty loyal host their tributes bring, To my dear old Uncle Sam. Refrain: O, Uncle Sam, the whole world loves you, To honor’s call you’ve ever been true
  • For you have stood to help the weak and strong, Defend the good and right the wrong, So nations rise to bless and honor you, And your glorious old red, white, and blue, And from shore to shore we stand with you, My dear old Uncle Sam. Verse: There’s no crown he wills to call his own, Not for him the glory of a throne, But the hearts of many millions, Throb with his in unity, And his kindly arm encircles all, For he smiles upon the great and small, And as one they stand or dying fall, For my dear old Uncle Sam. 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 18, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_508
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
My Uncle Sam
Composer
Mayberry, Willard  
Lyricist
Verge, Byron  
Publisher
Cressey & Allen (Portland, ME)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-06-23
Lyrics
  • For you have stood to help the weak and strong, Defend the good and right the wrong, So nations rise to bless and honor you, And your glorious old red, white, and blue, And from shore to shore we stand with you, My dear old Uncle Sam. Verse: There’s no crown he wills to call his own, Not for him the glory of a throne, But the hearts of many millions, Throb with his in unity, And his kindly arm encircles all, For he smiles upon the great and small, And as one they stand or dying fall, For my dear old Uncle Sam. Refrain
  • My Uncle Sam Verse: You may talk about nobility, Dukes and lords and all the royalty, You may tell of crowns and kingdoms, To whom subjects bend their knee, But there’s one who makes my heart to sing, Greater far than princes, queen, or king, And a mighty loyal host their tributes bring, To my dear old Uncle Sam. Refrain: O, Uncle Sam, the whole world loves you, To honor’s call you’ve ever been true
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_508
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleMy Uncle Sam
ComposerMayberry, Willard  
LyricistVerge, Byron  
PublisherCressey & Allen (Portland, ME)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-06-23
Lyrics
  • For you have stood to help the weak and strong, Defend the good and right the wrong, So nations rise to bless and honor you, And your glorious old red, white, and blue, And from shore to shore we stand with you, My dear old Uncle Sam. Verse: There’s no crown he wills to call his own, Not for him the glory of a throne, But the hearts of many millions, Throb with his in unity, And his kindly arm encircles all, For he smiles upon the great and small, And as one they stand or dying fall, For my dear old Uncle Sam. Refrain
  • My Uncle Sam Verse: You may talk about nobility, Dukes and lords and all the royalty, You may tell of crowns and kingdoms, To whom subjects bend their knee, But there’s one who makes my heart to sing, Greater far than princes, queen, or king, And a mighty loyal host their tributes bring, To my dear old Uncle Sam. Refrain: O, Uncle Sam, the whole world loves you, To honor’s call you’ve ever been true
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_508
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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