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There's a Girl Who Is Knitting for You

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Title
There's A Girl Who Is Knitting For You - Lyrics
Composer
Nixson, Florence Mills  
Lyricist
Hopkins, George  
Publisher
Frank E. Garbutt Co. (Los Angeles, CA)  
Lyrics
  • There’s a Girl who is knitting for you Verse: Ev’ry girl, ev’rywhere who is not over there, ev’ry girl who is left behind
  • Tho she’s doing her bit, with the best of them, the best that one could find
  • She is always demure for her down cast eyes, seem to say: “My gay days are all past far, far behind” You may offer her a penny for a Belgian refugee, and find out just what is on her mind. Refrain: There’s a girl who is knitting for you, there’s a girl who is knitting for you, When she starts a knitting, her heart starts a flitting to you, to you. No submarine, can intervene, I between the thoughts I am sending to you There’s a heart that is breaking in two but I’ll knit it together when you, Come back to the girl, who is waiting and waiting and knitting for you.
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_702
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
There's a Girl Who Is Knitting for You
Composer
Nixson, Florence Mills  
Lyricist
Hopkins, George  
Publisher
Frank E. Garbutt Co. (Los Angeles, CA)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-08
Lyrics
  • She is always demure for her down cast eyes, seem to say: “My gay days are all past far, far behind” You may offer her a penny for a Belgian refugee, and find out just what is on her mind. Refrain: There’s a girl who is knitting for you, there’s a girl who is knitting for you, When she starts a knitting, her heart starts a flitting to you, to you. No submarine, can intervene, I between the thoughts I am sending to you There’s a heart that is breaking in two but I’ll knit it together when you, Come back to the girl, who is waiting and waiting and knitting for you.
  • Tho she’s doing her bit, with the best of them, the best that one could find
  • There’s a Girl who is knitting for you Verse: Ev’ry girl, ev’rywhere who is not over there, ev’ry girl who is left behind
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_702
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThere's a Girl Who Is Knitting for You
ComposerNixson, Florence Mills  
LyricistHopkins, George  
PublisherFrank E. Garbutt Co. (Los Angeles, CA)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-08
Lyrics
  • She is always demure for her down cast eyes, seem to say: “My gay days are all past far, far behind” You may offer her a penny for a Belgian refugee, and find out just what is on her mind. Refrain: There’s a girl who is knitting for you, there’s a girl who is knitting for you, When she starts a knitting, her heart starts a flitting to you, to you. No submarine, can intervene, I between the thoughts I am sending to you There’s a heart that is breaking in two but I’ll knit it together when you, Come back to the girl, who is waiting and waiting and knitting for you.
  • Tho she’s doing her bit, with the best of them, the best that one could find
  • There’s a Girl who is knitting for you Verse: Ev’ry girl, ev’rywhere who is not over there, ev’ry girl who is left behind
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_702
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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