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For Dixie and Uncle Sam

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Title
For Dixie and Uncle Sam - Lyrics
Composer
Ball, Ernest R.  
Lyricist
Brennan, J. Keirn  
Publisher
M. Witmark & Sons  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1916  
Lyrics
  • In Maryland, in Maryland, there’s a mother old and gray
  • alone she stands and waves her hand to her boy who is going away. She said, “I’m proud of you, in your uniform of blue, and the sword that you carry, too! I’ve watched it twice before, go bravely off to war, for the grey and then for the blue!” You granddad fought in the war of sixty-one, he wore a suit of grey. Your daddy, too, in a suit of navy blue, to Cuba he sailed away. Though the one wore grey and the other blue, the blood of both’s in you
  • so I’m giving you up to Old Glory and I’m mighty proud that I am! You’re all I’ve got, but be Johnny on the spot, for Dixie and Uncle Sam! Tho’ far away, the boy each day, as the western sun goes down, he mails a note he proudly wrote in a tent near a far border town
  • and says: “Dear mother mine, when the word goes down the line to get ready, the foe is near! The danger’s in the air, I reckon I’ll be there, as your words still ring in my ear:”
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 14, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_198
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
For Dixie and Uncle Sam
Composer
Ball, Ernest R.  
Lyricist
Brennan, J. Keirn  
Publisher
M. Witmark & Sons  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1916  
Date of Copyright
1916-05-09
Lyrics
  • and says: “Dear mother mine, when the word goes down the line to get ready, the foe is near! The danger’s in the air, I reckon I’ll be there, as your words still ring in my ear:”
  • so I’m giving you up to Old Glory and I’m mighty proud that I am! You’re all I’ve got, but be Johnny on the spot, for Dixie and Uncle Sam! Tho’ far away, the boy each day, as the western sun goes down, he mails a note he proudly wrote in a tent near a far border town
  • alone she stands and waves her hand to her boy who is going away. She said, “I’m proud of you, in your uniform of blue, and the sword that you carry, too! I’ve watched it twice before, go bravely off to war, for the grey and then for the blue!” You granddad fought in the war of sixty-one, he wore a suit of grey. Your daddy, too, in a suit of navy blue, to Cuba he sailed away. Though the one wore grey and the other blue, the blood of both’s in you
  • In Maryland, in Maryland, there’s a mother old and gray
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_198
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleFor Dixie and Uncle Sam
ComposerBall, Ernest R.  
LyricistBrennan, J. Keirn  
PublisherM. Witmark & Sons  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1916  
Date of Copyright1916-05-09
Lyrics
  • and says: “Dear mother mine, when the word goes down the line to get ready, the foe is near! The danger’s in the air, I reckon I’ll be there, as your words still ring in my ear:”
  • so I’m giving you up to Old Glory and I’m mighty proud that I am! You’re all I’ve got, but be Johnny on the spot, for Dixie and Uncle Sam! Tho’ far away, the boy each day, as the western sun goes down, he mails a note he proudly wrote in a tent near a far border town
  • alone she stands and waves her hand to her boy who is going away. She said, “I’m proud of you, in your uniform of blue, and the sword that you carry, too! I’ve watched it twice before, go bravely off to war, for the grey and then for the blue!” You granddad fought in the war of sixty-one, he wore a suit of grey. Your daddy, too, in a suit of navy blue, to Cuba he sailed away. Though the one wore grey and the other blue, the blood of both’s in you
  • In Maryland, in Maryland, there’s a mother old and gray
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_198
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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