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We'll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall

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Title
We'll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall - Lyrics
Composer
Kelly, M. F.  
Lyricist
MacNutt, Albert E.  
Publisher
John Hanna  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
We’ll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall Verse: Stars and Stripes the emblem of our nation, Grand old flag of strength and unity. Best old flag that waves in all creation, Our stars and stripes, the flag of liberty. Stars and Stripes, our flag of grace and beauty, Each brave heart will answer to thy call, Hand in hand, we stand to do our duty, And we’ll never let the old flag fall. Refrain: We’ll never let the old flag fall, For we love it best of all. We don’t want to fight to show our might, But when we start, we’ll fight, fight, fight. In peace or war, our voices ring, “My country tis of thee,” we sing. At the sound of her call, We’ll show them all. We’ll never let our old flag fall. Verse: Stars and Stripes, wave on, wave one forever O’er a land of peace and purity. Bond of love that discord cannot sever, Our dear old emblem of security. Stars and Stripes, our flag of fame and story, Each heart throbs, in answer to thy call, Side by side, we’ll fight for our Old Glory, And we’ll never let
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_743
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
We'll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall
Composer
Kelly, M. F.  
Lyricist
MacNutt, Albert E.  
Publisher
John Hanna  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Date of Copyright
1915-10-30
Lyrics
We’ll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall Verse: Stars and Stripes the emblem of our nation, Grand old flag of strength and unity. Best old flag that waves in all creation, Our stars and stripes, the flag of liberty. Stars and Stripes, our flag of grace and beauty, Each brave heart will answer to thy call, Hand in hand, we stand to do our duty, And we’ll never let the old flag fall. Refrain: We’ll never let the old flag fall, For we love it best of all. We don’t want to fight to show our might, But when we start, we’ll fight, fight, fight. In peace or war, our voices ring, “My country tis of thee,” we sing. At the sound of her call, We’ll show them all. We’ll never let our old flag fall. Verse: Stars and Stripes, wave on, wave one forever O’er a land of peace and purity. Bond of love that discord cannot sever, Our dear old emblem of security. Stars and Stripes, our flag of fame and story, Each heart throbs, in answer to thy call, Side by side, we’ll fight for our Old Glory, And we’ll never let
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_743
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe'll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall
ComposerKelly, M. F.  
LyricistMacNutt, Albert E.  
PublisherJohn Hanna  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1915  
Date of Copyright1915-10-30
LyricsWe’ll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall Verse: Stars and Stripes the emblem of our nation, Grand old flag of strength and unity. Best old flag that waves in all creation, Our stars and stripes, the flag of liberty. Stars and Stripes, our flag of grace and beauty, Each brave heart will answer to thy call, Hand in hand, we stand to do our duty, And we’ll never let the old flag fall. Refrain: We’ll never let the old flag fall, For we love it best of all. We don’t want to fight to show our might, But when we start, we’ll fight, fight, fight. In peace or war, our voices ring, “My country tis of thee,” we sing. At the sound of her call, We’ll show them all. We’ll never let our old flag fall. Verse: Stars and Stripes, wave on, wave one forever O’er a land of peace and purity. Bond of love that discord cannot sever, Our dear old emblem of security. Stars and Stripes, our flag of fame and story, Each heart throbs, in answer to thy call, Side by side, we’ll fight for our Old Glory, And we’ll never let
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_743
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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