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The Spirit of Our Boys

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Title
The Spirit of Our Boys - Lyrics
Composer
Kells, Frank F.  
Lyricist
Kells, Frank F.  
Publisher
Frank F. Kells (Aurora, IL )  
Lyrics
The Spirit of Our Boys Verse: Old Glory’s calling us, and be sure we’ll be right there, There is no stalling us, we’ll all do our share, Like our forefathers fought, we’ll fight afraid of naught To save humanity, from oppression on land and on sea. Refrain: “In God we trust” is the motto, of the good old U.S.A. We’ll march straight forward into battle for our homes we’ll fight and pray, We’re ready now to serve our country and the ones we love so true, And we’ll fight with all our might for the cause we know is right and the old red, white, and blue. Verse: We’ll down autocracy, tho’ we’re forced our lives to give, There’ll be democracy, and our flag will live, Back home they work and pray, to help us win the day We must have victory, for our nation on land and on sea. 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_652
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
The Spirit of Our Boys
Composer
Kells, Frank F.  
Lyricist
Kells, Frank F.  
Publisher
Frank F. Kells (Aurora, IL )  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-30
Lyrics
The Spirit of Our Boys Verse: Old Glory’s calling us, and be sure we’ll be right there, There is no stalling us, we’ll all do our share, Like our forefathers fought, we’ll fight afraid of naught To save humanity, from oppression on land and on sea. Refrain: “In God we trust” is the motto, of the good old U.S.A. We’ll march straight forward into battle for our homes we’ll fight and pray, We’re ready now to serve our country and the ones we love so true, And we’ll fight with all our might for the cause we know is right and the old red, white, and blue. Verse: We’ll down autocracy, tho’ we’re forced our lives to give, There’ll be democracy, and our flag will live, Back home they work and pray, to help us win the day We must have victory, for our nation on land and on sea. Refrain
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 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_652
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThe Spirit of Our Boys
ComposerKells, Frank F.  
LyricistKells, Frank F.  
PublisherFrank F. Kells (Aurora, IL )  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-30
LyricsThe Spirit of Our Boys Verse: Old Glory’s calling us, and be sure we’ll be right there, There is no stalling us, we’ll all do our share, Like our forefathers fought, we’ll fight afraid of naught To save humanity, from oppression on land and on sea. Refrain: “In God we trust” is the motto, of the good old U.S.A. We’ll march straight forward into battle for our homes we’ll fight and pray, We’re ready now to serve our country and the ones we love so true, And we’ll fight with all our might for the cause we know is right and the old red, white, and blue. Verse: We’ll down autocracy, tho’ we’re forced our lives to give, There’ll be democracy, and our flag will live, Back home they work and pray, to help us win the day We must have victory, for our nation on land and on sea. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 20, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_652
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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