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The Urge of the Liberty Loan

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Title
The Urge of the Liberty Loan - Lyrics
Composer
Wilder, Jeanette Riddle  
Lyricist
Wilder, H. Faye Overmyer  
Publisher
Mrs. Faye Wilder (Morenci, MI)  
Lyrics
The Urge of the Liberty Loan Verse: Our Uncle Sam is urging us to see our duty clear, To loan him lots of money for he’s our financier, To carry on this urgent war, which was on to us was thrust, By cruel pow’rs of foreign lands, who in their might do trust. Refrain: So we must count our money o’er to see what we can loan. To our true hearted Uncle Sam to save our lives and home. We’ll get it back with int’rest too as sure as we are born, And then we all with one accord, can blow our vict’ry horn. Verse: They try to conquer all the earth, its depths and skies above, Where all could well be harmony with all its joy and love. Instead of woe and misery, because of needless strife, Where man ‘gainst man is turning with ruthless loss of life. 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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_736
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
The Urge of the Liberty Loan
Composer
Wilder, Jeanette Riddle  
Lyricist
Wilder, H. Faye Overmyer  
Publisher
Mrs. Faye Wilder (Morenci, MI)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-05-27
Lyrics
The Urge of the Liberty Loan Verse: Our Uncle Sam is urging us to see our duty clear, To loan him lots of money for he’s our financier, To carry on this urgent war, which was on to us was thrust, By cruel pow’rs of foreign lands, who in their might do trust. Refrain: So we must count our money o’er to see what we can loan. To our true hearted Uncle Sam to save our lives and home. We’ll get it back with int’rest too as sure as we are born, And then we all with one accord, can blow our vict’ry horn. Verse: They try to conquer all the earth, its depths and skies above, Where all could well be harmony with all its joy and love. Instead of woe and misery, because of needless strife, Where man ‘gainst man is turning with ruthless loss of life. 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 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_736
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThe Urge of the Liberty Loan
ComposerWilder, Jeanette Riddle  
LyricistWilder, H. Faye Overmyer  
PublisherMrs. Faye Wilder (Morenci, MI)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-05-27
LyricsThe Urge of the Liberty Loan Verse: Our Uncle Sam is urging us to see our duty clear, To loan him lots of money for he’s our financier, To carry on this urgent war, which was on to us was thrust, By cruel pow’rs of foreign lands, who in their might do trust. Refrain: So we must count our money o’er to see what we can loan. To our true hearted Uncle Sam to save our lives and home. We’ll get it back with int’rest too as sure as we are born, And then we all with one accord, can blow our vict’ry horn. Verse: They try to conquer all the earth, its depths and skies above, Where all could well be harmony with all its joy and love. Instead of woe and misery, because of needless strife, Where man ‘gainst man is turning with ruthless loss of life. 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 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_736
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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