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Our Boys Are Coming Home

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No Copyright - United States

Supplementary Document

Title
They're On Their Way to the USA - Lyrics
Composer
Chefitz, Sam  
Lyricist
Shapiro, Philip  
Publisher
Chefitz and Shapiro (Buffalo, NY)  
Lyrics
  • it’s over, over there, And boys from ev’rywhere are crossing the foam for home, they have ended the war, And now once more, peace has been found, so they’re on their way to the U.S.A., our boys are homeward bound. Verse: Cheer up now you dear old mothers, and you sisters for your brothers, Are now coming home to us and to stay, After many weeks of fighting, after wrongs they have been righting they’ll reach the U.S.A. So let us rejoice now that our own boys are crossing the foam for home.
  • They’re on Their Way to the USA (Our Boys Are Coming Home) Verse: Do you hear those bells a-ringin’, do you hear those folks all singin’, Do you know why ev’rybody’s happy, do you hear those whistles blowin’, Do you know where all are going, going so happily? Today is the day, the boys far away are crossing the foam for home. Refrain: They’re on their way back to the U.S.A, our boys are coming home
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 20, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_934
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Our Boys Are Coming Home
Composer
Chefitz, Sam  
Lyricist
Shapiro, Philip  
Publisher
Chefitz and Shapiro (Buffalo, NY)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-02-01
Lyrics
  • They’re on Their Way to the USA (Our Boys Are Coming Home) Verse: Do you hear those bells a-ringin’, do you hear those folks all singin’, Do you know why ev’rybody’s happy, do you hear those whistles blowin’, Do you know where all are going, going so happily? Today is the day, the boys far away are crossing the foam for home. Refrain: They’re on their way back to the U.S.A, our boys are coming home
  • it’s over, over there, And boys from ev’rywhere are crossing the foam for home, they have ended the war, And now once more, peace has been found, so they’re on their way to the U.S.A., our boys are homeward bound. Verse: Cheer up now you dear old mothers, and you sisters for your brothers, Are now coming home to us and to stay, After many weeks of fighting, after wrongs they have been righting they’ll reach the U.S.A. So let us rejoice now that our own boys are crossing the foam for home.
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 20, Folder 8
Local Identifier
2014_12996_934
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleOur Boys Are Coming Home
ComposerChefitz, Sam  
LyricistShapiro, Philip  
PublisherChefitz and Shapiro (Buffalo, NY)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-02-01
Lyrics
  • They’re on Their Way to the USA (Our Boys Are Coming Home) Verse: Do you hear those bells a-ringin’, do you hear those folks all singin’, Do you know why ev’rybody’s happy, do you hear those whistles blowin’, Do you know where all are going, going so happily? Today is the day, the boys far away are crossing the foam for home. Refrain: They’re on their way back to the U.S.A, our boys are coming home
  • it’s over, over there, And boys from ev’rywhere are crossing the foam for home, they have ended the war, And now once more, peace has been found, so they’re on their way to the U.S.A., our boys are homeward bound. Verse: Cheer up now you dear old mothers, and you sisters for your brothers, Are now coming home to us and to stay, After many weeks of fighting, after wrongs they have been righting they’ll reach the U.S.A. So let us rejoice now that our own boys are crossing the foam for home.
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 20, Folder 8
Local Identifier2014_12996_934
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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