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Take a Letter to My Daddy Over There

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Supplementary Document

Title
Take a letter to my daddy over there - Lyrics
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Roger  
  • Crawford, Bobby  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Take a Letter to My Daddy over There Verse: He was just a youngster only seven, that was all, His daddy was a soldier who had heard his country’s call
  • This boy was mighty lonesome, since his dad had gone away, He whispered to the mailman, when he called the other day: Refrain: Take a letter to my daddy over there, Tell him that each night for him I say a pray’r, He’s a soldier brave and true, tell him, “God will bless him,” too, ‘cause he’s fighting for his country, like a hero ought to do. Tell him that I miss him, while he’s far away, And I’m praying he’ll return to me some day, He means all the world to me, and how happy I will be, if you only take a letter to my daddy. Verse: I don’t know the address, but it’s out in France somewhere, My mammy never tells me, all she says is, “over there
  • ” I know that you can find him over there across the sea, He always wears a locket with a photograph of me. 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 21, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_688
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Take a Letter to My Daddy Over There
Composer
Baskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Crawford, Bobby  
  • Lewis, Roger  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-01-08
Lyrics
  • ” I know that you can find him over there across the sea, He always wears a locket with a photograph of me. Refrain
  • This boy was mighty lonesome, since his dad had gone away, He whispered to the mailman, when he called the other day: Refrain: Take a letter to my daddy over there, Tell him that each night for him I say a pray’r, He’s a soldier brave and true, tell him, “God will bless him,” too, ‘cause he’s fighting for his country, like a hero ought to do. Tell him that I miss him, while he’s far away, And I’m praying he’ll return to me some day, He means all the world to me, and how happy I will be, if you only take a letter to my daddy. Verse: I don’t know the address, but it’s out in France somewhere, My mammy never tells me, all she says is, “over there
  • Take a Letter to My Daddy over There Verse: He was just a youngster only seven, that was all, His daddy was a soldier who had heard his country’s call
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_688
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleTake a Letter to My Daddy Over There
ComposerBaskette, Billy  
Lyricist
  • Crawford, Bobby  
  • Lewis, Roger  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-01-08
Lyrics
  • ” I know that you can find him over there across the sea, He always wears a locket with a photograph of me. Refrain
  • This boy was mighty lonesome, since his dad had gone away, He whispered to the mailman, when he called the other day: Refrain: Take a letter to my daddy over there, Tell him that each night for him I say a pray’r, He’s a soldier brave and true, tell him, “God will bless him,” too, ‘cause he’s fighting for his country, like a hero ought to do. Tell him that I miss him, while he’s far away, And I’m praying he’ll return to me some day, He means all the world to me, and how happy I will be, if you only take a letter to my daddy. Verse: I don’t know the address, but it’s out in France somewhere, My mammy never tells me, all she says is, “over there
  • Take a Letter to My Daddy over There Verse: He was just a youngster only seven, that was all, His daddy was a soldier who had heard his country’s call
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_688
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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