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Someone Is Longing for Home Sweet Home

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Title
Someone Is Longing for Home Sweet Home - Lyrics
Composer
  • Berg, David  
  • Tracey, William  
  • Stern, Jack  
Lyricist
  • Berg, David  
  • Tracey, Wm.  
  • Stern, Jack  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Someone is Longing for Home, Sweet Home. Thousands of Miles Away Verse: Only a letter to home, sweet home, from someone far away, Only a boy across the foam, dreaming of yesterday, There’s a picture that comes to his mind, Of the someone he left behind. Refrain: Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away, But he’s proud to fight for a cause that is right, He’ll battle on till the end’s in sight and while he is sighing, he sees someone trying to smile through clouds of gray. Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away. Verse: Only an answer from home, sweet home, to someone o’er the sea, Telling a boy to keep right on, fighting for liberty, There’s a mother who’s proud of her son, And she’ll wait till the fight is won. 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 20, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_646
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Someone Is Longing for Home Sweet Home
Composer
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
  • Berg, David  
Lyricist
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, Wm.  
  • Berg, David  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-17
Lyrics
Someone is Longing for Home, Sweet Home. Thousands of Miles Away Verse: Only a letter to home, sweet home, from someone far away, Only a boy across the foam, dreaming of yesterday, There’s a picture that comes to his mind, Of the someone he left behind. Refrain: Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away, But he’s proud to fight for a cause that is right, He’ll battle on till the end’s in sight and while he is sighing, he sees someone trying to smile through clouds of gray. Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away. Verse: Only an answer from home, sweet home, to someone o’er the sea, Telling a boy to keep right on, fighting for liberty, There’s a mother who’s proud of her son, And she’ll wait till the fight is won. 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 20, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_646
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleSomeone Is Longing for Home Sweet Home
Composer
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
  • Berg, David  
Lyricist
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, Wm.  
  • Berg, David  
PublisherDouglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-17
LyricsSomeone is Longing for Home, Sweet Home. Thousands of Miles Away Verse: Only a letter to home, sweet home, from someone far away, Only a boy across the foam, dreaming of yesterday, There’s a picture that comes to his mind, Of the someone he left behind. Refrain: Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away, But he’s proud to fight for a cause that is right, He’ll battle on till the end’s in sight and while he is sighing, he sees someone trying to smile through clouds of gray. Someone is longing for home, sweet home, thousands of miles away. Verse: Only an answer from home, sweet home, to someone o’er the sea, Telling a boy to keep right on, fighting for liberty, There’s a mother who’s proud of her son, And she’ll wait till the fight is won. Refrain
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 1
Local Identifier2014_12996_646
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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