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For Your Boy and My Boy

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Supplementary Document

Title
For Your Boy and My Boy - Lyrics
Composer
Van Alstyne, Egbert  
Lyricist
Kahn, Gus  
Publisher
Jerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
Hear the bugle call the call to arms for liberty see them one and all they go to fight for you and me heroes we will find them ev’ry mother’s son we must get behind them ‘till their work is done for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s lend our money to the U.S.A. and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help to hold the fighting line buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine hear the bugle call the call to those who stay at home you are soldiers all tho’ you may never cross the foam keep Old Glory waving proudly up above praying working saving for the ones you love for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help the boys to cross the Rhine buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine (For your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share send the battle cry of freedom from California to the Rhine march on march on for your boy and mine)
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_206
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
For Your Boy and My Boy
Composer
Van Alstyne, Egbert  
Lyricist
Kahn, Gus  
Publisher
Jerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-09-18
Lyrics
Hear the bugle call the call to arms for liberty see them one and all they go to fight for you and me heroes we will find them ev’ry mother’s son we must get behind them ‘till their work is done for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s lend our money to the U.S.A. and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help to hold the fighting line buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine hear the bugle call the call to those who stay at home you are soldiers all tho’ you may never cross the foam keep Old Glory waving proudly up above praying working saving for the ones you love for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help the boys to cross the Rhine buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine (For your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share send the battle cry of freedom from California to the Rhine march on march on for your boy and mine)
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_206
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleFor Your Boy and My Boy
ComposerVan Alstyne, Egbert  
LyricistKahn, Gus  
PublisherJerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-09-18
LyricsHear the bugle call the call to arms for liberty see them one and all they go to fight for you and me heroes we will find them ev’ry mother’s son we must get behind them ‘till their work is done for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s lend our money to the U.S.A. and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help to hold the fighting line buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine hear the bugle call the call to those who stay at home you are soldiers all tho’ you may never cross the foam keep Old Glory waving proudly up above praying working saving for the ones you love for your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share ev’ry bond that we are buying will help the boys to cross the Rhine buy bonds buy bonds for your boy and mine (For your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there let’s get together till they come back home and do our share send the battle cry of freedom from California to the Rhine march on march on for your boy and mine)
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
Local Identifier2014_12996_206
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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