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When the Old Boat Heads for Home

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Title
When The Old Boat Heads For Home - Lyrics
Composer
Fuller, Earl  
Lyricist
Fuller, Earl  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Lyrics
When the Old Boat Heads For Home Verse: Mothers and sweethearts and dads, waiting for news from your lads, You have no reason to feel blue, for soon they’ll be back home with you, Fighting is going to cease, we’ll soon have vict’ry and peace, And when the good ship starts to sail o’er the sea, oh, what a time there will be. Refrain: When the old boat heads for home, ploughing her way thru the foam, Ev’ry one happy and gay, hats in the air, yelling “Hip, hip, hooray!” We’ll bring the old bacon home, never again will we roam, it’s bound to come, Say, won’t that be some day! When the old boat heads for home. Verse: Won’t ev’rybody feel proud, can you imagine the crowd? ‘Twill be the greatest ever known, to welcome all the boys back home, We’ve never lost in a row, you bet that we won’t lose now, We’ve got a real hard job, but when it is done, forever we’ll lay down the gun. 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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_871
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
When the Old Boat Heads for Home
Composer
Fuller, Earl  
Lyricist
Fuller, Earl  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-15
Lyrics
When the Old Boat Heads For Home Verse: Mothers and sweethearts and dads, waiting for news from your lads, You have no reason to feel blue, for soon they’ll be back home with you, Fighting is going to cease, we’ll soon have vict’ry and peace, And when the good ship starts to sail o’er the sea, oh, what a time there will be. Refrain: When the old boat heads for home, ploughing her way thru the foam, Ev’ry one happy and gay, hats in the air, yelling “Hip, hip, hooray!” We’ll bring the old bacon home, never again will we roam, it’s bound to come, Say, won’t that be some day! When the old boat heads for home. Verse: Won’t ev’rybody feel proud, can you imagine the crowd? ‘Twill be the greatest ever known, to welcome all the boys back home, We’ve never lost in a row, you bet that we won’t lose now, We’ve got a real hard job, but when it is done, forever we’ll lay down the gun. Refrain
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 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_871
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWhen the Old Boat Heads for Home
ComposerFuller, Earl  
LyricistFuller, Earl  
PublisherDouglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-15
LyricsWhen the Old Boat Heads For Home Verse: Mothers and sweethearts and dads, waiting for news from your lads, You have no reason to feel blue, for soon they’ll be back home with you, Fighting is going to cease, we’ll soon have vict’ry and peace, And when the good ship starts to sail o’er the sea, oh, what a time there will be. Refrain: When the old boat heads for home, ploughing her way thru the foam, Ev’ry one happy and gay, hats in the air, yelling “Hip, hip, hooray!” We’ll bring the old bacon home, never again will we roam, it’s bound to come, Say, won’t that be some day! When the old boat heads for home. Verse: Won’t ev’rybody feel proud, can you imagine the crowd? ‘Twill be the greatest ever known, to welcome all the boys back home, We’ve never lost in a row, you bet that we won’t lose now, We’ve got a real hard job, but when it is done, forever we’ll lay down the gun. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_871
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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