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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
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
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_199
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
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_199
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
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_199
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986