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Three Wonderful Letters from Home

Title
Three Wonderful Letters From Home - Lyrics  
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • Goodwin, Joe  
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
Three Wonderful Letters from Home Verse: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there, Three letters to a lonesome soldier lad. Each one a loving story told, each one worth its weight in gold, Three messages that made his poor heart glad: Refrain: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother’s pray’r, While the next one started “Darling, God protect you over there,” And the third was filled with kisses, sent to daddy ‘cross the foam, From his mother, wife and baby, three wonderful letters from home. Verse: Each word was like a soft caress that soothed his aching heart, And drove away the mis’ry and pain. Then joy returned to take their place and brought a vision of each face, As o’er and o’er he read their words again: Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_714  
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
Three Wonderful Letters from Home  
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
  • Goodwin, Joe  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-20
Lyrics
Three Wonderful Letters from Home Verse: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there, Three letters to a lonesome soldier lad. Each one a loving story told, each one worth its weight in gold, Three messages that made his poor heart glad: Refrain: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother’s pray’r, While the next one started “Darling, God protect you over there,” And the third was filled with kisses, sent to daddy ‘cross the foam, From his mother, wife and baby, three wonderful letters from home. Verse: Each word was like a soft caress that soothed his aching heart, And drove away the mis’ry and pain. Then joy returned to take their place and brought a vision of each face, As o’er and o’er he read their words again: Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_714  
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThree Wonderful Letters from Home  
ComposerHanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
  • Goodwin, Joe  
PublisherShapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-20
LyricsThree Wonderful Letters from Home Verse: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there, Three letters to a lonesome soldier lad. Each one a loving story told, each one worth its weight in gold, Three messages that made his poor heart glad: Refrain: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother’s pray’r, While the next one started “Darling, God protect you over there,” And the third was filled with kisses, sent to daddy ‘cross the foam, From his mother, wife and baby, three wonderful letters from home. Verse: Each word was like a soft caress that soothed his aching heart, And drove away the mis’ry and pain. Then joy returned to take their place and brought a vision of each face, As o’er and o’er he read their words again: Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_714  
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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