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When the "Yanks" Come Marching Home

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Title
When the Yanks come marching home - Lyrics
Composer
Furth, Seymour  
Lyricist
Jerome, William  
Publisher
William Jerome Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • When the “Yanks” Come Marching Home Verse: Our hearts today are far across the ocean, God spare our boys, at night we kneel and pray, In far off lands our troops are now in motion, among the very bravest in the fray
  • For right and might must wipe out ev’ry wrong, so let us hope it won’t last very long. Refrain: For there’ll be smiles and cheers and miles of tears, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home, There’ll be tears enough you know, to make a dozen rivers flow, Dressed in their torn and tattered suits of tan, from battlefields across the foam, Hearts will beat with joy for ev’ry boy, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home. Verse: Our hearts are beating now with palpitation, we smile and then brush away a tear, For we have sent the flower of our nation, we’re proud of ev’ry Yankee volunteer. America was waiting for the chance, to show the love we always had for France. 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 22, Folder 3
Local Identifier
2014_12996_796
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
When the "Yanks" Come Marching Home
Composer
Furth, Seymour  
Lyricist
Jerome, William  
Publisher
William Jerome Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-11-03
Lyrics
  • For right and might must wipe out ev’ry wrong, so let us hope it won’t last very long. Refrain: For there’ll be smiles and cheers and miles of tears, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home, There’ll be tears enough you know, to make a dozen rivers flow, Dressed in their torn and tattered suits of tan, from battlefields across the foam, Hearts will beat with joy for ev’ry boy, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home. Verse: Our hearts are beating now with palpitation, we smile and then brush away a tear, For we have sent the flower of our nation, we’re proud of ev’ry Yankee volunteer. America was waiting for the chance, to show the love we always had for France. Refrain
  • When the “Yanks” Come Marching Home Verse: Our hearts today are far across the ocean, God spare our boys, at night we kneel and pray, In far off lands our troops are now in motion, among the very bravest in the fray
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 3
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_796
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWhen the "Yanks" Come Marching Home
ComposerFurth, Seymour  
LyricistJerome, William  
PublisherWilliam Jerome Publishing Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-11-03
Lyrics
  • For right and might must wipe out ev’ry wrong, so let us hope it won’t last very long. Refrain: For there’ll be smiles and cheers and miles of tears, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home, There’ll be tears enough you know, to make a dozen rivers flow, Dressed in their torn and tattered suits of tan, from battlefields across the foam, Hearts will beat with joy for ev’ry boy, when the Yanks (boys) come marching home. Verse: Our hearts are beating now with palpitation, we smile and then brush away a tear, For we have sent the flower of our nation, we’re proud of ev’ry Yankee volunteer. America was waiting for the chance, to show the love we always had for France. Refrain
  • When the “Yanks” Come Marching Home Verse: Our hearts today are far across the ocean, God spare our boys, at night we kneel and pray, In far off lands our troops are now in motion, among the very bravest in the fray
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 3
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_796
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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