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America, I Love You

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Title
America I love you - Lyrics
Composer
Gottler, Archie  
Lyricist
Leslie, Edgar  
Publisher
Kalmar Puck & Abrahams Colsolidated Inc. Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Lyrics
  • Amid fields of clover, ‘twas just a little over a hundred years ago, a handful of strangers, they faced many dangers to make their country grow. It’s now quite a nation of wond’rous population, and free from ev’ry king, it’s your land, it’s my land, a great do or die land, and that’s just why I sing. America, I love you, you’re like a sweetheart of mine, from ocean to ocean, for you my devotion, is touching each bound’ry line, just like a little baby climbing its mother’s knee, America, I love you, and there’s a hundred million others like me. From all sorts of places, they welcomed all the races to settle on their shore, they didn’t care which one, the poor or the rich one, they still had room for more
  • to give them protection by popular election, a set of laws they chose, they’re your laws and my laws, for your cause and my cause, that’s why this country rose
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 3
Local Identifier
2014_12996_003
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
America, I Love You
Composer
Gottler, Archie  
Lyricist
Leslie, Edgar  
Publisher
Kalmar Puck & Abrahams Colsolidated Inc. Music Pub.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Date of Copyright
1915-09-03
Lyrics
  • to give them protection by popular election, a set of laws they chose, they’re your laws and my laws, for your cause and my cause, that’s why this country rose
  • Amid fields of clover, ‘twas just a little over a hundred years ago, a handful of strangers, they faced many dangers to make their country grow. It’s now quite a nation of wond’rous population, and free from ev’ry king, it’s your land, it’s my land, a great do or die land, and that’s just why I sing. America, I love you, you’re like a sweetheart of mine, from ocean to ocean, for you my devotion, is touching each bound’ry line, just like a little baby climbing its mother’s knee, America, I love you, and there’s a hundred million others like me. From all sorts of places, they welcomed all the races to settle on their shore, they didn’t care which one, the poor or the rich one, they still had room for more
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 3
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_003
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleAmerica, I Love You
ComposerGottler, Archie  
LyricistLeslie, Edgar  
PublisherKalmar Puck & Abrahams Colsolidated Inc. Music Pub.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1915  
Date of Copyright1915-09-03
Lyrics
  • to give them protection by popular election, a set of laws they chose, they’re your laws and my laws, for your cause and my cause, that’s why this country rose
  • Amid fields of clover, ‘twas just a little over a hundred years ago, a handful of strangers, they faced many dangers to make their country grow. It’s now quite a nation of wond’rous population, and free from ev’ry king, it’s your land, it’s my land, a great do or die land, and that’s just why I sing. America, I love you, you’re like a sweetheart of mine, from ocean to ocean, for you my devotion, is touching each bound’ry line, just like a little baby climbing its mother’s knee, America, I love you, and there’s a hundred million others like me. From all sorts of places, they welcomed all the races to settle on their shore, they didn’t care which one, the poor or the rich one, they still had room for more
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 3
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_003
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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