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Somewhere In France

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Title
Somewhere In France - Lyrics
Composer
  • Carroll, Earl  
  • Cowan, Rubey  
Lyricist
  • Carroll, Earl  
  • Cowan, Rubey  
Publisher
Rubey Cowan Music Pub. Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Somewhere in France Verse: I’m far away, over the ocean blue, In my imagination I can see the station in Bayonne my own, where I left you, Where are you now? Oh! If I only knew Still the dreams that I’m weaving, have me believing that I’m back again with you among the roses. Refrain: Somewhere in France beyond those Pyrenees Mountains are you by chance Beside those beautiful fountains? I’ve worn my mind out, I’ve tried to find out, why you’re somewhere in France, When you should be over here with me. Verse: Each lonesome day, I spend in memory, For I became a dreamer from the time the steamer sailed away that day across the sea, I know you wait thousands of miles from here And if I had the power, this ve’ry hour, would find me beside you dear among the roses, 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_649
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
Somewhere In France
Composer
  • Cowan, Rubey  
  • Carroll, Earl  
Lyricist
  • Cowan, Rubey  
  • Carroll, Earl  
Publisher
Rubey Cowan Music Pub. Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Date of Copyright
1915-12-09
Lyrics
Somewhere in France Verse: I’m far away, over the ocean blue, In my imagination I can see the station in Bayonne my own, where I left you, Where are you now? Oh! If I only knew Still the dreams that I’m weaving, have me believing that I’m back again with you among the roses. Refrain: Somewhere in France beyond those Pyrenees Mountains are you by chance Beside those beautiful fountains? I’ve worn my mind out, I’ve tried to find out, why you’re somewhere in France, When you should be over here with me. Verse: Each lonesome day, I spend in memory, For I became a dreamer from the time the steamer sailed away that day across the sea, I know you wait thousands of miles from here And if I had the power, this ve’ry hour, would find me beside you dear among the roses, 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_649
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleSomewhere In France
Composer
  • Cowan, Rubey  
  • Carroll, Earl  
Lyricist
  • Cowan, Rubey  
  • Carroll, Earl  
PublisherRubey Cowan Music Pub. Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1915  
Date of Copyright1915-12-09
LyricsSomewhere in France Verse: I’m far away, over the ocean blue, In my imagination I can see the station in Bayonne my own, where I left you, Where are you now? Oh! If I only knew Still the dreams that I’m weaving, have me believing that I’m back again with you among the roses. Refrain: Somewhere in France beyond those Pyrenees Mountains are you by chance Beside those beautiful fountains? I’ve worn my mind out, I’ve tried to find out, why you’re somewhere in France, When you should be over here with me. Verse: Each lonesome day, I spend in memory, For I became a dreamer from the time the steamer sailed away that day across the sea, I know you wait thousands of miles from here And if I had the power, this ve’ry hour, would find me beside you dear among the roses, 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_649
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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