Somewhere in America
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Title | Somewhere in America |
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Publisher | Moreland Bros. Song Foundry (Adrian, MI) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-05-15 |
Lyrics | Somewhere in America 1. We’ll Nail the Stars and Stripes to the Kaiser’s Door Verse: Brothers of Miss Liberty We will save your purity and keep you free. Uncle Sam need have no fear, All your boys are true. We all love our country dear And we will fight for the Red, White, and Blue. Refrain: We’ll nail the stars and stripes to the Kaiser’s door, When the boys march in to Berlin, And there will be a hot time in that old town, If we find the Kaiser in. For Uncle Sam’s young nephews will fight, fight, fight, ‘Till we win for the Red, White, and Blue. And while the big guns roar We will nail old glory Fast to the Kaiser’s door. Verse: Ev’ry man in Yankee‐land Loves the home of Uncle Sam and Liberty, We will march away today Ev’ry man in line, And we’ll sing this same refrain From the old U.S.A. to the Rhine. Refrain 2. I Want a Soldier Boy (To Correspond With Me) Verse: I want a man in a uniform of tan Who will write me letters from a foreign shore. For I love the boys at home with all my |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_931 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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