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A Tiny Bunch of Violets from No-Man's Land

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Title
A Tiny bunch of violets from no-man's land - Lyrics
Composer
Magine, Frank  
Lyricist
Lyons, Joe  
Publisher
Roger Graham  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Lyrics
A Tiny Bunch of Violets from No- Man’s Land Verse: No-man’s land a soldier boy was crossing, When some violets he found, With tender prayer and loving care, he gathered each one growing there. To his mother o’er the sea, he wrote so tenderly. Refrain: A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them mother to you, I found them beyond the trenches here, ‘mid scattered shot and shell they grew. They seemed so all alone and they made me think of home, of your love for me so true, A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them dear mother to you. Verse: Tender are the hearts of bravest soldiers, Loving are the lads that dare, For each soldier true will die or do, for his native land, for me and you. And the heart these flow’rs entwine, knows a love that seems divine. 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_721
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
A Tiny Bunch of Violets from No-Man's Land
Composer
Magine, Frank  
Lyricist
Lyons, Joe  
Publisher
Roger Graham  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
No copyright registered.
Lyrics
A Tiny Bunch of Violets from No- Man’s Land Verse: No-man’s land a soldier boy was crossing, When some violets he found, With tender prayer and loving care, he gathered each one growing there. To his mother o’er the sea, he wrote so tenderly. Refrain: A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them mother to you, I found them beyond the trenches here, ‘mid scattered shot and shell they grew. They seemed so all alone and they made me think of home, of your love for me so true, A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them dear mother to you. Verse: Tender are the hearts of bravest soldiers, Loving are the lads that dare, For each soldier true will die or do, for his native land, for me and you. And the heart these flow’rs entwine, knows a love that seems divine. Refrain
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_721
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleA Tiny Bunch of Violets from No-Man's Land
ComposerMagine, Frank  
LyricistLyons, Joe  
PublisherRoger Graham  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of CopyrightNo copyright registered.
LyricsA Tiny Bunch of Violets from No- Man’s Land Verse: No-man’s land a soldier boy was crossing, When some violets he found, With tender prayer and loving care, he gathered each one growing there. To his mother o’er the sea, he wrote so tenderly. Refrain: A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them mother to you, I found them beyond the trenches here, ‘mid scattered shot and shell they grew. They seemed so all alone and they made me think of home, of your love for me so true, A tiny bunch of violets from no-man’s land, I’m sending them dear mother to you. Verse: Tender are the hearts of bravest soldiers, Loving are the lads that dare, For each soldier true will die or do, for his native land, for me and you. And the heart these flow’rs entwine, knows a love that seems divine. Refrain
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_721
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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