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Back Home I'll Come

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Supplementary Document

Title
Back Home I'll Come - Lyrics
Composer
Capen, Edmund M.  
Lyricist
Capen, Edmund M.  
Publisher
E. M. Capen, Music Publisher (Marlboro, MA)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
  • One day the ships went sailing across the deep blue sea, a soldier boy was leaving, to fight for liberty. His mother she was grieving, her heart was filled with pain, her soldier boy was singing a song with this refrain. O! Do not weep dear, it makes me sad, when I return dear, you will feel so glad. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come. Bravely her boy was fighting, upon that foreign shore, he saw their flag was falling, he heard the cannon’s roar
  • his comrades they were calling, he heeded not their cry, round him his mates were falling, that flag he nailed on high. Your soldier boy will come home again, he’s always singing, this same refrain. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come.
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 12, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_059
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Back Home I'll Come
Composer
Capen, Edmund M.  
Lyricist
Capen, Edmund M.  
Publisher
E. M. Capen, Music Publisher (Marlboro, MA)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-08-03
Lyrics
  • his comrades they were calling, he heeded not their cry, round him his mates were falling, that flag he nailed on high. Your soldier boy will come home again, he’s always singing, this same refrain. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come.
  • One day the ships went sailing across the deep blue sea, a soldier boy was leaving, to fight for liberty. His mother she was grieving, her heart was filled with pain, her soldier boy was singing a song with this refrain. O! Do not weep dear, it makes me sad, when I return dear, you will feel so glad. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come. Bravely her boy was fighting, upon that foreign shore, he saw their flag was falling, he heard the cannon’s roar
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_059
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleBack Home I'll Come
ComposerCapen, Edmund M.  
LyricistCapen, Edmund M.  
PublisherE. M. Capen, Music Publisher (Marlboro, MA)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-08-03
Lyrics
  • his comrades they were calling, he heeded not their cry, round him his mates were falling, that flag he nailed on high. Your soldier boy will come home again, he’s always singing, this same refrain. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come.
  • One day the ships went sailing across the deep blue sea, a soldier boy was leaving, to fight for liberty. His mother she was grieving, her heart was filled with pain, her soldier boy was singing a song with this refrain. O! Do not weep dear, it makes me sad, when I return dear, you will feel so glad. No more I’ll leave you, I’ll stay at home, back home I’ll come dear, back home I’ll come. Bravely her boy was fighting, upon that foreign shore, he saw their flag was falling, he heard the cannon’s roar
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_059
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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