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Bring Me a Letter from My Old Home Town

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Title
Bring Me a Letter from My Old Home Town - Lyrics
Composer
Anderson, Will R.  
Lyricist
Delameter, A. G.  
Publisher
M. Witmark & Sons  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
A nurse was passing by a cot where a wounded Sammy lay, lay dreaming night and day of his old home far away. She asked him, “won’t you tell me what would drive away that frown?” The boy replied, as he softly sighed, “To hear from my old town.” Bring me a letter from my old home town, one with some jokes from my old pal, Jim Brown. Bring me a letter from that girl of mine, saying that she’s longing for me all the time. Bring me a letter from my proud old dad who knows that we are winning and I’ll bet he’s glad. But more than any other, a line from my old mother, bring me a letter from my home town. I’ve had a lot of comforts, nurse, from my little comfort kit, and things that women knit, they have always done their bit. The only thing that cheers me when my spirits are way down and I’ve the blues, is to get good news from those in my old town
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_083
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
Bring Me a Letter from My Old Home Town
Composer
Anderson, Will R.  
Lyricist
Delameter, A. G.  
Publisher
M. Witmark & Sons  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-05-10
Lyrics
A nurse was passing by a cot where a wounded Sammy lay, lay dreaming night and day of his old home far away. She asked him, “won’t you tell me what would drive away that frown?” The boy replied, as he softly sighed, “To hear from my old town.” Bring me a letter from my old home town, one with some jokes from my old pal, Jim Brown. Bring me a letter from that girl of mine, saying that she’s longing for me all the time. Bring me a letter from my proud old dad who knows that we are winning and I’ll bet he’s glad. But more than any other, a line from my old mother, bring me a letter from my home town. I’ve had a lot of comforts, nurse, from my little comfort kit, and things that women knit, they have always done their bit. The only thing that cheers me when my spirits are way down and I’ve the blues, is to get good news from those in my old town
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_083
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleBring Me a Letter from My Old Home Town
ComposerAnderson, Will R.  
LyricistDelameter, A. G.  
PublisherM. Witmark & Sons  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-05-10
LyricsA nurse was passing by a cot where a wounded Sammy lay, lay dreaming night and day of his old home far away. She asked him, “won’t you tell me what would drive away that frown?” The boy replied, as he softly sighed, “To hear from my old town.” Bring me a letter from my old home town, one with some jokes from my old pal, Jim Brown. Bring me a letter from that girl of mine, saying that she’s longing for me all the time. Bring me a letter from my proud old dad who knows that we are winning and I’ll bet he’s glad. But more than any other, a line from my old mother, bring me a letter from my home town. I’ve had a lot of comforts, nurse, from my little comfort kit, and things that women knit, they have always done their bit. The only thing that cheers me when my spirits are way down and I’ve the blues, is to get good news from those in my old town
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_083
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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