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Yankee Girl, I'm Coming Back to You

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Title
Yankee Girl, I'm Coming Back to You
Composer
Timmins, Billy  
Lyricist
O'Brien, John  
Publisher
Timmins And O'Brien  
Place of Publication
Boston (Mass.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-04-21
Lyrics
A brave lad came back from the fighting zone, to his dear little girl over here, and the gladness she felt as his coming home brought a smile where there was once a tear. Now she smiles thro’ her blushes of red, as she shows him his letter that said, there isn’t any girl in France, dear, who in any way compares with you, I crossed the sea to take my chance, dear, with our own Red, White, and Blue. If they’ll carry me back to old New England, now that the war is through, they can keep all the Frenchies for the French laddies, but I’m coming back to you. As most maidens do in the story books, when their lovers return from the fray, she has placed all her faith in her soldier boy, and agreed on a near wedding day. They may share many joys in their life, but these words will bring joy to his wife.
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 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_935
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYankee Girl, I'm Coming Back to You
ComposerTimmins, Billy  
LyricistO'Brien, John  
PublisherTimmins And O'Brien  
Place of PublicationBoston (Mass.)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-04-21
LyricsA brave lad came back from the fighting zone, to his dear little girl over here, and the gladness she felt as his coming home brought a smile where there was once a tear. Now she smiles thro’ her blushes of red, as she shows him his letter that said, there isn’t any girl in France, dear, who in any way compares with you, I crossed the sea to take my chance, dear, with our own Red, White, and Blue. If they’ll carry me back to old New England, now that the war is through, they can keep all the Frenchies for the French laddies, but I’m coming back to you. As most maidens do in the story books, when their lovers return from the fray, she has placed all her faith in her soldier boy, and agreed on a near wedding day. They may share many joys in their life, but these words will bring joy to his wife.
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_935
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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