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Send Me Away With A Smile

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Title
Send Me Away With A Smile - Lyrics
Composer
  • Weslyn, Louis  
  • Piantadosi, Al  
Lyricist
  • Weslyn, Louis  
  • Piantadosi, Al  
Publisher
Al. Piantadosi Co. Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Send Me Away with a Smile Verse: Little girl don’t cry, I must say “Goodbye
  • ” Don’t you hear the bugle call? And the fife and drum bid the fellows come where the flag waves over all. Tho’ I love you so, it is time to go, and a soldier in me you’ll find. When on land or sea, they’ll need boys like me
  • you would not have me stay behind: Refrain: So, send me away with a smile little girl, brush the tears from eyes of brown. It’s all for the best and I’m off with the rest of the boys from my own home town. It may be forever we part, little girl, and it may be for only a while, But if fight, dear, we must in our Maker we trust so send me away with a smile. Verse: When I leave you dear, give me words of cheer to recall in time of pain. They will comfort me and will seem to be like the sun shine after rain. And ‘mid shot and shell, I’ll remember well, you’ve the heart of a soldier too
  • And that through this war I am fighting for, my country and my home and you: 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 19, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_570
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Send Me Away With A Smile
Composer
  • Piantadosi, Al  
  • Weslyn, Louis  
Lyricist
  • Piantadosi, Al  
  • Weslyn, Louis  
Publisher
Al. Piantadosi Co. Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-06-30
Lyrics
  • And that through this war I am fighting for, my country and my home and you: Refrain
  • you would not have me stay behind: Refrain: So, send me away with a smile little girl, brush the tears from eyes of brown. It’s all for the best and I’m off with the rest of the boys from my own home town. It may be forever we part, little girl, and it may be for only a while, But if fight, dear, we must in our Maker we trust so send me away with a smile. Verse: When I leave you dear, give me words of cheer to recall in time of pain. They will comfort me and will seem to be like the sun shine after rain. And ‘mid shot and shell, I’ll remember well, you’ve the heart of a soldier too
  • ” Don’t you hear the bugle call? And the fife and drum bid the fellows come where the flag waves over all. Tho’ I love you so, it is time to go, and a soldier in me you’ll find. When on land or sea, they’ll need boys like me
  • Send Me Away with a Smile Verse: Little girl don’t cry, I must say “Goodbye
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 19, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_570
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleSend Me Away With A Smile
Composer
  • Piantadosi, Al  
  • Weslyn, Louis  
Lyricist
  • Piantadosi, Al  
  • Weslyn, Louis  
PublisherAl. Piantadosi Co. Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-06-30
Lyrics
  • And that through this war I am fighting for, my country and my home and you: Refrain
  • you would not have me stay behind: Refrain: So, send me away with a smile little girl, brush the tears from eyes of brown. It’s all for the best and I’m off with the rest of the boys from my own home town. It may be forever we part, little girl, and it may be for only a while, But if fight, dear, we must in our Maker we trust so send me away with a smile. Verse: When I leave you dear, give me words of cheer to recall in time of pain. They will comfort me and will seem to be like the sun shine after rain. And ‘mid shot and shell, I’ll remember well, you’ve the heart of a soldier too
  • ” Don’t you hear the bugle call? And the fife and drum bid the fellows come where the flag waves over all. Tho’ I love you so, it is time to go, and a soldier in me you’ll find. When on land or sea, they’ll need boys like me
  • Send Me Away with a Smile Verse: Little girl don’t cry, I must say “Goodbye
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 19, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_570
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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