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I Want My Boy to Be A Soldier

Title
I Want My Boy To Be A Soldier And Stand By The U.S.A. - Lyrics
Composer
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
  • Knowles, Clarence  
Lyricist
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
  • Knowles, Clarence  
Publisher
Whitmore Pub. Co. (Scranton, PA)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
I Want My Boy to be a Soldier Verse: In a country far away They are fighting with a fury in a senseless fray, And every nation claiming they are in the right And pray for victory to win the fight, But in our dear United States We have no king or queen Who can call us to arms just to help out selfish schemes. We don’t enfold our banners only to protect our rights. For our battle cry is Freedom for the stars and stripes Refrain: I want my boy to be a soldier Who will stand by his country good and true. When the land that we love in in danger, He will fight for the red, white and blue. It’s a man that will not shirk a danger Tho’ he perish in the fray. I want my boy to be a soldier And stand by the U. S. A. Verse: Let those people stand aside Who are selfish and indifferent to their countries pride, Who didn’t raise their son to be a soldier boy. He’d stay at home to be societies joy, All patriotic parents in All countries far and near Send their sons to the war to protect a country dear.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 15, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_256
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
I Want My Boy to Be A Soldier
Composer
  • Knowles, Clarence  
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
Lyricist
  • Knowles, Clarence  
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
Publisher
Whitmore Pub. Co. (Scranton, PA)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1916-03-15
Lyrics
I Want My Boy to be a Soldier Verse: In a country far away They are fighting with a fury in a senseless fray, And every nation claiming they are in the right And pray for victory to win the fight, But in our dear United States We have no king or queen Who can call us to arms just to help out selfish schemes. We don’t enfold our banners only to protect our rights. For our battle cry is Freedom for the stars and stripes Refrain: I want my boy to be a soldier Who will stand by his country good and true. When the land that we love in in danger, He will fight for the red, white and blue. It’s a man that will not shirk a danger Tho’ he perish in the fray. I want my boy to be a soldier And stand by the U. S. A. Verse: Let those people stand aside Who are selfish and indifferent to their countries pride, Who didn’t raise their son to be a soldier boy. He’d stay at home to be societies joy, All patriotic parents in All countries far and near Send their sons to the war to protect a country dear.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_256
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleI Want My Boy to Be A Soldier
Composer
  • Knowles, Clarence  
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
Lyricist
  • Knowles, Clarence  
  • Whitmore, Floyd E.  
PublisherWhitmore Pub. Co. (Scranton, PA)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1916-03-15
LyricsI Want My Boy to be a Soldier Verse: In a country far away They are fighting with a fury in a senseless fray, And every nation claiming they are in the right And pray for victory to win the fight, But in our dear United States We have no king or queen Who can call us to arms just to help out selfish schemes. We don’t enfold our banners only to protect our rights. For our battle cry is Freedom for the stars and stripes Refrain: I want my boy to be a soldier Who will stand by his country good and true. When the land that we love in in danger, He will fight for the red, white and blue. It’s a man that will not shirk a danger Tho’ he perish in the fray. I want my boy to be a soldier And stand by the U. S. A. Verse: Let those people stand aside Who are selfish and indifferent to their countries pride, Who didn’t raise their son to be a soldier boy. He’d stay at home to be societies joy, All patriotic parents in All countries far and near Send their sons to the war to protect a country dear.
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier2014_12996_256
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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