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Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There?

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Title
Will The Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? - Lyrics
Composer
Klickmann, F. Henri  
Lyricist
Armstrong, Paul B.  
Publisher
Frank K. Root & Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Lyrics
  • Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage where the flowers are in bloom, and the perfume of the roses fills the air
  • But sadness comes at twilight when the work of day is done, as a child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is just a dimpled darling, and she’s asking ev’ry day Just why her dear old daddy marched away. Refrain: “Will the angels guard my daddy over there? Will they watch him and protect him ev’ry where?” Then she nestles down to rest on her loving mother’s breast, And murmurs soft and low her evening pray’r: “How I love you, dear old daddy, how I miss you! I pray to Heav’n each night that God will bless you. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord your soul to keep, Angels, guard my daddy over there.” Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage, but the flowers bloom no more, for the wintry winds and snowflakes fill the air
  • But bravery and courage hold her in their magic spell, as the child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is sti
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_885
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There?
Composer
Klickmann, F. Henri  
Lyricist
Armstrong, Paul B.  
Publisher
Frank K. Root & Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-10
Lyrics
  • But bravery and courage hold her in their magic spell, as the child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is sti
  • But sadness comes at twilight when the work of day is done, as a child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is just a dimpled darling, and she’s asking ev’ry day Just why her dear old daddy marched away. Refrain: “Will the angels guard my daddy over there? Will they watch him and protect him ev’ry where?” Then she nestles down to rest on her loving mother’s breast, And murmurs soft and low her evening pray’r: “How I love you, dear old daddy, how I miss you! I pray to Heav’n each night that God will bless you. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord your soul to keep, Angels, guard my daddy over there.” Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage, but the flowers bloom no more, for the wintry winds and snowflakes fill the air
  • Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage where the flowers are in bloom, and the perfume of the roses fills the air
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_885
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWill the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There?
ComposerKlickmann, F. Henri  
LyricistArmstrong, Paul B.  
PublisherFrank K. Root & Co.  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-10
Lyrics
  • But bravery and courage hold her in their magic spell, as the child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is sti
  • But sadness comes at twilight when the work of day is done, as a child sees her father’s vacant chair. She is just a dimpled darling, and she’s asking ev’ry day Just why her dear old daddy marched away. Refrain: “Will the angels guard my daddy over there? Will they watch him and protect him ev’ry where?” Then she nestles down to rest on her loving mother’s breast, And murmurs soft and low her evening pray’r: “How I love you, dear old daddy, how I miss you! I pray to Heav’n each night that God will bless you. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord your soul to keep, Angels, guard my daddy over there.” Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage, but the flowers bloom no more, for the wintry winds and snowflakes fill the air
  • Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? Verse: There’s a quiet little cottage where the flowers are in bloom, and the perfume of the roses fills the air
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_885
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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