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Your Lips Are No Man's Land but Mine

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Supplementary Document

Title
Your Lips Are No Man's Land But Mine - Lyrics
Composer
  • McCarron, Chas. R.  
  • Morgan, Carey  
Lyricist
Empey, Arthur Guy  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
  • Your Lips are No Man’s Land but Mine Verse: At a dock a transport was rocking Ev’ry chap from his cap to his stocking Dressed to “kill,” To kill old Kaiser Bill
  • On the pier a dear little girli With her tear‐dimmed eyes, Time to go, whistles blow, “Au Revoir” her sweetheart cries: Refrain: I’m coming back some day when the fray is over my darling, I know you’ll be true dear, So I’ll never be blue, dear, Across the foam in No Man’s land I’ll soon be fighting, But I know your lips are no man’s land but mine. Verse: As the boat sailed out thro’ the channel, With two flags she has made out of flannel, From the pier She wigwagged “Goodbye, dear,” Pretty soon he wigwagged an answer, And the code she read, From her boy, Ship ahoy, This is what the wig‐wag read: 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_920
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 Lips Are No Man's Land but Mine
Composer
  • Morgan, Carey  
  • McCarron, Chas. R.  
Lyricist
Empey, Arthur Guy  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-05-23
Lyrics
  • On the pier a dear little girli With her tear‐dimmed eyes, Time to go, whistles blow, “Au Revoir” her sweetheart cries: Refrain: I’m coming back some day when the fray is over my darling, I know you’ll be true dear, So I’ll never be blue, dear, Across the foam in No Man’s land I’ll soon be fighting, But I know your lips are no man’s land but mine. Verse: As the boat sailed out thro’ the channel, With two flags she has made out of flannel, From the pier She wigwagged “Goodbye, dear,” Pretty soon he wigwagged an answer, And the code she read, From her boy, Ship ahoy, This is what the wig‐wag read: Refrain
  • Your Lips are No Man’s Land but Mine Verse: At a dock a transport was rocking Ev’ry chap from his cap to his stocking Dressed to “kill,” To kill old Kaiser Bill
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_920
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYour Lips Are No Man's Land but Mine
Composer
  • Morgan, Carey  
  • McCarron, Chas. R.  
LyricistEmpey, Arthur Guy  
PublisherJos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-05-23
Lyrics
  • On the pier a dear little girli With her tear‐dimmed eyes, Time to go, whistles blow, “Au Revoir” her sweetheart cries: Refrain: I’m coming back some day when the fray is over my darling, I know you’ll be true dear, So I’ll never be blue, dear, Across the foam in No Man’s land I’ll soon be fighting, But I know your lips are no man’s land but mine. Verse: As the boat sailed out thro’ the channel, With two flags she has made out of flannel, From the pier She wigwagged “Goodbye, dear,” Pretty soon he wigwagged an answer, And the code she read, From her boy, Ship ahoy, This is what the wig‐wag read: Refrain
  • Your Lips are No Man’s Land but Mine Verse: At a dock a transport was rocking Ev’ry chap from his cap to his stocking Dressed to “kill,” To kill old Kaiser Bill
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_920
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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