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Bring Back my Daddy to Me

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Supplementary Document

Title
Bring Back my Daddy to me - Lyrics
Composer
Meyer, George W.  
Lyricist
  • Tracey, William  
  • Johnson, Howard  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
  • A sweet little girl, with bright golden curls, sat playing with toys on the floor, her dad went away, to enter the fray, at the start of this long bitter war
  • her mother said, “Dear, your birthday is near, tomorrow your presents I’ll buy.” The dear little child, quickly looked up and smiled, and said with a tear in her eye: “I don’t want a dress or a dolly, ‘cause dollies get broken ‘round here, I don’t want the skates, the books or the slates, you bought for my birthday last year
  • if you’ll bring the present I ask for, dear mother, how happy I’ll be
  • you can give all my toys, to some poor girls and boys, but bring back my daddy to me!” Her ma softly sighs and tears fill her eyes, as she hears her dear baby’s plea, she answers, “My dear, if daddy were here, what a wonderful present ‘twould be,” how many homes yearn for someone’s return, with honor, and justice and right? There are more little girls in this grief-stricken world, all saying the same thing tonight:
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 12, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_080
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Bring Back my Daddy to Me
Composer
Meyer, George W.  
Lyricist
  • Johnson, Howard  
  • Tracey, William  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-11-26
Lyrics
  • you can give all my toys, to some poor girls and boys, but bring back my daddy to me!” Her ma softly sighs and tears fill her eyes, as she hears her dear baby’s plea, she answers, “My dear, if daddy were here, what a wonderful present ‘twould be,” how many homes yearn for someone’s return, with honor, and justice and right? There are more little girls in this grief-stricken world, all saying the same thing tonight:
  • if you’ll bring the present I ask for, dear mother, how happy I’ll be
  • her mother said, “Dear, your birthday is near, tomorrow your presents I’ll buy.” The dear little child, quickly looked up and smiled, and said with a tear in her eye: “I don’t want a dress or a dolly, ‘cause dollies get broken ‘round here, I don’t want the skates, the books or the slates, you bought for my birthday last year
  • A sweet little girl, with bright golden curls, sat playing with toys on the floor, her dad went away, to enter the fray, at the start of this long bitter war
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_080
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleBring Back my Daddy to Me
ComposerMeyer, George W.  
Lyricist
  • Johnson, Howard  
  • Tracey, William  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-11-26
Lyrics
  • you can give all my toys, to some poor girls and boys, but bring back my daddy to me!” Her ma softly sighs and tears fill her eyes, as she hears her dear baby’s plea, she answers, “My dear, if daddy were here, what a wonderful present ‘twould be,” how many homes yearn for someone’s return, with honor, and justice and right? There are more little girls in this grief-stricken world, all saying the same thing tonight:
  • if you’ll bring the present I ask for, dear mother, how happy I’ll be
  • her mother said, “Dear, your birthday is near, tomorrow your presents I’ll buy.” The dear little child, quickly looked up and smiled, and said with a tear in her eye: “I don’t want a dress or a dolly, ‘cause dollies get broken ‘round here, I don’t want the skates, the books or the slates, you bought for my birthday last year
  • A sweet little girl, with bright golden curls, sat playing with toys on the floor, her dad went away, to enter the fray, at the start of this long bitter war
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_080
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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