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We're Bound To Win with Boys Like You

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Title
We're Bound To Win With Boys Like You - Lyrics
Composer
  • Kendis, James  
  • Brockman, James  
  • Vincent, Nat  
Lyricist
  • Kendis, James  
  • Brockman, James  
  • Vincent, Nat  
Publisher
Kendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
We’re Bound to Wing with Boys Like You Verse: I saw a gray haired mother kiss her soldier boy goodbye, ‘Tho in her heart a sigh, not a teardrop dimmed her eye, He’d just received his orders, it was time to march away, And in that last fond moment, I heard her proudly say. Refrain 1: It was boys like you, at Valley Forge with Washington, and boys like you, were Minute Men at Lexington, you built up this wonderful nation then, When Lincoln called for volunteers, you answered again, It was boys like you, who fought with Grant and Sherman, and with Lee way down in Dixie too, And this will always be, a land of liberty, for we’re bound to win with boys like you. Refrain 2: It was boys like you, with Farragut’s flotilla, it was boys like you, with Dewey at Manilla, and with boys rough and ready you took San Juan Hill, Whenever you were needed you have shown Yankee skill, It was boys like you, who answered Woodrow Wilson, and are fighting now with Pershing too, We’ve never known defeat, and hi
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 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_832
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
We're Bound To Win with Boys Like You
Composer
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
  • Vincent, Nat  
Lyricist
  • Vincent, Nat  
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
Publisher
Kendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-05-17
Lyrics
We’re Bound to Wing with Boys Like You Verse: I saw a gray haired mother kiss her soldier boy goodbye, ‘Tho in her heart a sigh, not a teardrop dimmed her eye, He’d just received his orders, it was time to march away, And in that last fond moment, I heard her proudly say. Refrain 1: It was boys like you, at Valley Forge with Washington, and boys like you, were Minute Men at Lexington, you built up this wonderful nation then, When Lincoln called for volunteers, you answered again, It was boys like you, who fought with Grant and Sherman, and with Lee way down in Dixie too, And this will always be, a land of liberty, for we’re bound to win with boys like you. Refrain 2: It was boys like you, with Farragut’s flotilla, it was boys like you, with Dewey at Manilla, and with boys rough and ready you took San Juan Hill, Whenever you were needed you have shown Yankee skill, It was boys like you, who answered Woodrow Wilson, and are fighting now with Pershing too, We’ve never known defeat, and hi
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 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_832
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe're Bound To Win with Boys Like You
Composer
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
  • Vincent, Nat  
Lyricist
  • Vincent, Nat  
  • Brockman, James  
  • Kendis, James  
PublisherKendis-Brockman Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-05-17
LyricsWe’re Bound to Wing with Boys Like You Verse: I saw a gray haired mother kiss her soldier boy goodbye, ‘Tho in her heart a sigh, not a teardrop dimmed her eye, He’d just received his orders, it was time to march away, And in that last fond moment, I heard her proudly say. Refrain 1: It was boys like you, at Valley Forge with Washington, and boys like you, were Minute Men at Lexington, you built up this wonderful nation then, When Lincoln called for volunteers, you answered again, It was boys like you, who fought with Grant and Sherman, and with Lee way down in Dixie too, And this will always be, a land of liberty, for we’re bound to win with boys like you. Refrain 2: It was boys like you, with Farragut’s flotilla, it was boys like you, with Dewey at Manilla, and with boys rough and ready you took San Juan Hill, Whenever you were needed you have shown Yankee skill, It was boys like you, who answered Woodrow Wilson, and are fighting now with Pershing too, We’ve never known defeat, and hi
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_832
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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