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When the Boys Come Sailing Home

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Title
When the Boys Come Sailing Home - Lyrics
Composer
Delker, Floyd  
Lyricist
Delker, Floyd  
Lyrics
  • When the Boys Come Sailing Home Verse: Far across the deep blue ocean, in the khaki uniform, Our brave lads now are waiting, they have faced the battle’s storm
  • To meet the friends and dear ones here across the briny foam. They turned the tide of battle and they’ll soon be sailing home. Refrain: And when the boys come home from “over there” across the sea, A joyous greeting waits for them, like none other there can be. A wife, a sweetheart true or a mother waits alone. But we’ll all be by their side when the boys come sailing home. Verse: We stood by our soldiers fighting far across the ocean blue, We loaned our money freely we did all that we could do. They entered with the war clouds dark and all seem’d in dismay. They swiftly pushed the war clouds back and turned night into day. Refrain Verse: Words cannot express our feelings, well we know it’s quite true. We’ve kept our home-fires burning while their duty they did do. We’re proud that we may meet them and we’re proud that they can
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 23, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_895
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 Boys Come Sailing Home
Composer
Delker, Floyd  
Lyricist
Delker, Floyd  
Publisher
Greene, IA : Floyd Delker  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-02-10
Lyrics
  • To meet the friends and dear ones here across the briny foam. They turned the tide of battle and they’ll soon be sailing home. Refrain: And when the boys come home from “over there” across the sea, A joyous greeting waits for them, like none other there can be. A wife, a sweetheart true or a mother waits alone. But we’ll all be by their side when the boys come sailing home. Verse: We stood by our soldiers fighting far across the ocean blue, We loaned our money freely we did all that we could do. They entered with the war clouds dark and all seem’d in dismay. They swiftly pushed the war clouds back and turned night into day. Refrain Verse: Words cannot express our feelings, well we know it’s quite true. We’ve kept our home-fires burning while their duty they did do. We’re proud that we may meet them and we’re proud that they can
  • When the Boys Come Sailing Home Verse: Far across the deep blue ocean, in the khaki uniform, Our brave lads now are waiting, they have faced the battle’s storm
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_895
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWhen the Boys Come Sailing Home
ComposerDelker, Floyd  
LyricistDelker, Floyd  
PublisherGreene, IA : Floyd Delker  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-02-10
Lyrics
  • To meet the friends and dear ones here across the briny foam. They turned the tide of battle and they’ll soon be sailing home. Refrain: And when the boys come home from “over there” across the sea, A joyous greeting waits for them, like none other there can be. A wife, a sweetheart true or a mother waits alone. But we’ll all be by their side when the boys come sailing home. Verse: We stood by our soldiers fighting far across the ocean blue, We loaned our money freely we did all that we could do. They entered with the war clouds dark and all seem’d in dismay. They swiftly pushed the war clouds back and turned night into day. Refrain Verse: Words cannot express our feelings, well we know it’s quite true. We’ve kept our home-fires burning while their duty they did do. We’re proud that we may meet them and we’re proud that they can
  • When the Boys Come Sailing Home Verse: Far across the deep blue ocean, in the khaki uniform, Our brave lads now are waiting, they have faced the battle’s storm
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_895
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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