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When I Get Back to My American Blighty

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Title
When I Get Back To My American Blighty - Lyrics
Composer
Morse, Theodore  
Lyricist
Fields, Arthur  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
When I Get Back To My American Blighty Verse: “Blighty, Blighty, what does it mean?” A Yankee lean was asking of a Tommy “I hear it all along the line, peculiar word but it sounds so fine, heard it since I landed with the Army.” The Tommy said, “Why Blighty lad, means home, sweet home, and ma and dad, and wife and kiddies and all you had that you loved and left behind,” The Tommy heaved a sigh, as the Yank made this reply: Refrain: “When I get back to my American Blighty, I’ll be mighty, mighty glad I’m home, home, Back from “Over there,’ glad I did my share, I wouldn’t care just where they landed me, In Liberty Land, imagine me in my American Blighty, Smothered to death with kisses from the girls, And mother and dad, and Uncle Ben, will pray I never go ‘way again, When I get back to my American Blighty!” Verse: Yank and Tommy carrying on, side by side they fought and both were wounded, The Yankee knew that he was thro’, the Tommy had done his duty too, told they go to Blighty and they
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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_854
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 I Get Back to My American Blighty
Composer
Morse, Theodore  
Lyricist
Fields, Arthur  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-07-19
Lyrics
When I Get Back To My American Blighty Verse: “Blighty, Blighty, what does it mean?” A Yankee lean was asking of a Tommy “I hear it all along the line, peculiar word but it sounds so fine, heard it since I landed with the Army.” The Tommy said, “Why Blighty lad, means home, sweet home, and ma and dad, and wife and kiddies and all you had that you loved and left behind,” The Tommy heaved a sigh, as the Yank made this reply: Refrain: “When I get back to my American Blighty, I’ll be mighty, mighty glad I’m home, home, Back from “Over there,’ glad I did my share, I wouldn’t care just where they landed me, In Liberty Land, imagine me in my American Blighty, Smothered to death with kisses from the girls, And mother and dad, and Uncle Ben, will pray I never go ‘way again, When I get back to my American Blighty!” Verse: Yank and Tommy carrying on, side by side they fought and both were wounded, The Yankee knew that he was thro’, the Tommy had done his duty too, told they go to Blighty and they
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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_854
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWhen I Get Back to My American Blighty
ComposerMorse, Theodore  
LyricistFields, Arthur  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-07-19
LyricsWhen I Get Back To My American Blighty Verse: “Blighty, Blighty, what does it mean?” A Yankee lean was asking of a Tommy “I hear it all along the line, peculiar word but it sounds so fine, heard it since I landed with the Army.” The Tommy said, “Why Blighty lad, means home, sweet home, and ma and dad, and wife and kiddies and all you had that you loved and left behind,” The Tommy heaved a sigh, as the Yank made this reply: Refrain: “When I get back to my American Blighty, I’ll be mighty, mighty glad I’m home, home, Back from “Over there,’ glad I did my share, I wouldn’t care just where they landed me, In Liberty Land, imagine me in my American Blighty, Smothered to death with kisses from the girls, And mother and dad, and Uncle Ben, will pray I never go ‘way again, When I get back to my American Blighty!” Verse: Yank and Tommy carrying on, side by side they fought and both were wounded, The Yankee knew that he was thro’, the Tommy had done his duty too, told they go to Blighty and they
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 5
Local Identifier2014_12996_854
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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