Way Back Home in Dear America
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Title | Way Back Home in Dear America |
Composer | Rathbone, Laura |
Lyricist | Rathbone, Laura |
Publisher | Laura Rathbone (Kenilworth, IL) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-01-04 |
Lyrics | Way Back Home in Dear America Verse: It’s a long way back to old America, to the only girl I long to see, To that little old home town, and a girl with eyes of brown, who is waiting there for me. Though ‘tis many miles away, I am going back someday, to the girl who is all the world to me, To that country o’er the sea, sweetest land of liberty, for she is waiting there for me. Refrain: Way back home in dear America, there’s a girl I long to see Way back home in dear America, there my longing heart would be Way back home in dear America, far across the stormy sea, Way back home in dear America, she is waiting there for me. Verse: It’s a long way back to old dear America, but my longing heart is oft-times there, For no matter where I roam, there is no place like home, where I never knew a care. With the girl you love the best, in that little old home nest, oh she’s the only girl I long to see, For she’s loyal and she’s true, to our flag, red, white and blue, and to our boys on land and se |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_814 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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