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Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow

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Supplementary Document

Title
Over Yonder Where The Lilies Grow - Lyrics
Composer
O'Hara, Geoffrey  
Lyricist
O'Hara, Geoffrey  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow Verse: Last night I lay a-sleeping, a vision came to me, I saw a baby, in Flanders maybe, its little eyes were wet with tears, I heard a voice so clear, it said “Come over here.” Refrain: “Over yonder, over yonder, over yonder where the lilies grow, Let us wander, over yonder, to the land of long ago
  • Where the Lily of France, the fleur-de-lis, is calling to you and me
  • Let us wander, over yonder, to the land where lilies grow.” Verse: We heard a country crying, we saw a nation’s tears, The call was needed, when help was needed, to try to pay a debt of years, We send our boys away, to win the glorious day. 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 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_563
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
Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow
Composer
O'Hara, Geoffrey  
Lyricist
O'Hara, Geoffrey  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-09-10
Lyrics
  • Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow Verse: Last night I lay a-sleeping, a vision came to me, I saw a baby, in Flanders maybe, its little eyes were wet with tears, I heard a voice so clear, it said “Come over here.” Refrain: “Over yonder, over yonder, over yonder where the lilies grow, Let us wander, over yonder, to the land of long ago
  • Where the Lily of France, the fleur-de-lis, is calling to you and me
  • Let us wander, over yonder, to the land where lilies grow.” Verse: We heard a country crying, we saw a nation’s tears, The call was needed, when help was needed, to try to pay a debt of years, We send our boys away, to win the glorious day. 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 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_563
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleOver Yonder Where the Lilies Grow
ComposerO'Hara, Geoffrey  
LyricistO'Hara, Geoffrey  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-09-10
Lyrics
  • Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow Verse: Last night I lay a-sleeping, a vision came to me, I saw a baby, in Flanders maybe, its little eyes were wet with tears, I heard a voice so clear, it said “Come over here.” Refrain: “Over yonder, over yonder, over yonder where the lilies grow, Let us wander, over yonder, to the land of long ago
  • Where the Lily of France, the fleur-de-lis, is calling to you and me
  • Let us wander, over yonder, to the land where lilies grow.” Verse: We heard a country crying, we saw a nation’s tears, The call was needed, when help was needed, to try to pay a debt of years, We send our boys away, to win the glorious day. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 9
Local Identifier2014_12996_563
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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