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We'll Build a Little Home in the U. S. A.

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Title
We'll Build A Little Home In The USA - Lyrics
Composer
Elbert, Chas.  
Lyricist
Wesley, Howard  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
We’ll Build a Little Home in the U.S.A. Verse: A hundred thousand refugees have fled the war, Weary and worn, tired and torn. Houses burning, no returning, hearts overflown. They’re grieving, at leaving, with no place to go. As they toil on their way, Now I seem to hear them say: Refrain: We will build a little home in the USA, In the land of the Stripes and Stars, We’ll leave behind us the sorrows and cares of war, And the Kaisers, the Kings, and the Czars. Uncle Sam spreads his arms across the ocean, And I know he’ll never turn us away, So we’ll sail across the foam, And we’ll build a little home in the USA. Verse: We’ll go where we will never hear the guns awful roar, Where there’s no war, peace ever more. Father, mother, sister, brother, happy they’ll be. All cheering, while nearing, our sweet liberty. As we speed on our way To the good old USA. 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 22, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_741
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
We'll Build a Little Home in the U. S. A.
Composer
Elbert, Chas.  
Lyricist
Wesley, Howard  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Date of Copyright
1915-06-02
Lyrics
We’ll Build a Little Home in the U.S.A. Verse: A hundred thousand refugees have fled the war, Weary and worn, tired and torn. Houses burning, no returning, hearts overflown. They’re grieving, at leaving, with no place to go. As they toil on their way, Now I seem to hear them say: Refrain: We will build a little home in the USA, In the land of the Stripes and Stars, We’ll leave behind us the sorrows and cares of war, And the Kaisers, the Kings, and the Czars. Uncle Sam spreads his arms across the ocean, And I know he’ll never turn us away, So we’ll sail across the foam, And we’ll build a little home in the USA. Verse: We’ll go where we will never hear the guns awful roar, Where there’s no war, peace ever more. Father, mother, sister, brother, happy they’ll be. All cheering, while nearing, our sweet liberty. As we speed on our way To the good old USA. 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 22, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_741
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe'll Build a Little Home in the U. S. A.
ComposerElbert, Chas.  
LyricistWesley, Howard  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1915  
Date of Copyright1915-06-02
LyricsWe’ll Build a Little Home in the U.S.A. Verse: A hundred thousand refugees have fled the war, Weary and worn, tired and torn. Houses burning, no returning, hearts overflown. They’re grieving, at leaving, with no place to go. As they toil on their way, Now I seem to hear them say: Refrain: We will build a little home in the USA, In the land of the Stripes and Stars, We’ll leave behind us the sorrows and cares of war, And the Kaisers, the Kings, and the Czars. Uncle Sam spreads his arms across the ocean, And I know he’ll never turn us away, So we’ll sail across the foam, And we’ll build a little home in the USA. Verse: We’ll go where we will never hear the guns awful roar, Where there’s no war, peace ever more. Father, mother, sister, brother, happy they’ll be. All cheering, while nearing, our sweet liberty. As we speed on our way To the good old USA. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_741
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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