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Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You

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Supplementary Document

Title
Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You - Lyrics
Composer
Pratt, Paul C.  
Lyricist
Callahan, J. Will  
Publisher
Buckeye Music Pub. Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Lyrics
  • Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You Verse: I just read a letter to a soldier at the front Written by his daddy and ‘twas mighty brief and blunt, It began, “Dear Jimmy, I hope you’re feeling fine,” And wound up with this good advice With a punch in ev’ry line. Refrain: “Your great grand‐daddy was a soldier In the days of Washington, And your old grand pap had a hand in the scrap In eighteen sixty‐one
  • I followed Teddy up the San Juan Hill, Now you know what you’re to do. Just write me that you’re well Then wade in and give ‘em hell, And your daddy will be proud of you.” Verse: I’d just like to see him when he reads the old man’s note, Vowing to his comrades that he’ll get old William’s goat. That’s the kind of letters the boys are longing for, ‘Twill cheer them in their lonely hours And help to win the war. 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 23, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_919
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
Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You
Composer
Pratt, Paul C.  
Lyricist
Callahan, J. Will  
Publisher
Buckeye Music Pub. Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-07-05
Lyrics
  • I followed Teddy up the San Juan Hill, Now you know what you’re to do. Just write me that you’re well Then wade in and give ‘em hell, And your daddy will be proud of you.” Verse: I’d just like to see him when he reads the old man’s note, Vowing to his comrades that he’ll get old William’s goat. That’s the kind of letters the boys are longing for, ‘Twill cheer them in their lonely hours And help to win the war. Refrain
  • Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You Verse: I just read a letter to a soldier at the front Written by his daddy and ‘twas mighty brief and blunt, It began, “Dear Jimmy, I hope you’re feeling fine,” And wound up with this good advice With a punch in ev’ry line. Refrain: “Your great grand‐daddy was a soldier In the days of Washington, And your old grand pap had a hand in the scrap In eighteen sixty‐one
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 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_919
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYour Daddy Will Be Proud of You
ComposerPratt, Paul C.  
LyricistCallahan, J. Will  
PublisherBuckeye Music Pub. Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-07-05
Lyrics
  • I followed Teddy up the San Juan Hill, Now you know what you’re to do. Just write me that you’re well Then wade in and give ‘em hell, And your daddy will be proud of you.” Verse: I’d just like to see him when he reads the old man’s note, Vowing to his comrades that he’ll get old William’s goat. That’s the kind of letters the boys are longing for, ‘Twill cheer them in their lonely hours And help to win the war. Refrain
  • Your Daddy Will Be Proud of You Verse: I just read a letter to a soldier at the front Written by his daddy and ‘twas mighty brief and blunt, It began, “Dear Jimmy, I hope you’re feeling fine,” And wound up with this good advice With a punch in ev’ry line. Refrain: “Your great grand‐daddy was a soldier In the days of Washington, And your old grand pap had a hand in the scrap In eighteen sixty‐one
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_919
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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