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Freedom for All and Forever

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Supplementary Document

Title
Freedom for All and Forever - Lyrics
Composer
Mallory, Eddie  
Lyricist
Mallory, Eddie  
Publisher
Capitol Music Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
  • I know a pretty little rhyme, that we’ll be singing all the time, about an international situation, concerning some great nations
  • oh! It’s got a pretty air, and it’s a fine time rhyme affair, it tells the people to get freedom over there, now ev’rywhere they’re singing
  • freedom for all and forever, that’s the slogan of Uncle Sam’s, let each nation be free, let each have liberty, we’ll give a great big helping hand to ev’ry land, and rulers like Kaiser Bill should all be laid away, give all the people freedom with their right to do and say, then each land would be a grand land like this good old U.S.A., with freedom for all and forever. This good old ship called Uncle Sam, I’m glad it had a captain grand, for he had kept us sailing life’s peaceful ocean, ‘til Hunland took the notion, they would like to sink his boat, but ship ahoy! It’s still afloat, so Captain Wilson sent across a little note, here’s what he wrote to William:
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_209
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Freedom for All and Forever
Composer
Mallory, Eddie  
Lyricist
Mallory, Eddie  
Publisher
Capitol Music Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-02-06
Lyrics
  • freedom for all and forever, that’s the slogan of Uncle Sam’s, let each nation be free, let each have liberty, we’ll give a great big helping hand to ev’ry land, and rulers like Kaiser Bill should all be laid away, give all the people freedom with their right to do and say, then each land would be a grand land like this good old U.S.A., with freedom for all and forever. This good old ship called Uncle Sam, I’m glad it had a captain grand, for he had kept us sailing life’s peaceful ocean, ‘til Hunland took the notion, they would like to sink his boat, but ship ahoy! It’s still afloat, so Captain Wilson sent across a little note, here’s what he wrote to William:
  • oh! It’s got a pretty air, and it’s a fine time rhyme affair, it tells the people to get freedom over there, now ev’rywhere they’re singing
  • I know a pretty little rhyme, that we’ll be singing all the time, about an international situation, concerning some great nations
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_209
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleFreedom for All and Forever
ComposerMallory, Eddie  
LyricistMallory, Eddie  
PublisherCapitol Music Co. (Columbus, OH)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-02-06
Lyrics
  • freedom for all and forever, that’s the slogan of Uncle Sam’s, let each nation be free, let each have liberty, we’ll give a great big helping hand to ev’ry land, and rulers like Kaiser Bill should all be laid away, give all the people freedom with their right to do and say, then each land would be a grand land like this good old U.S.A., with freedom for all and forever. This good old ship called Uncle Sam, I’m glad it had a captain grand, for he had kept us sailing life’s peaceful ocean, ‘til Hunland took the notion, they would like to sink his boat, but ship ahoy! It’s still afloat, so Captain Wilson sent across a little note, here’s what he wrote to William:
  • oh! It’s got a pretty air, and it’s a fine time rhyme affair, it tells the people to get freedom over there, now ev’rywhere they’re singing
  • I know a pretty little rhyme, that we’ll be singing all the time, about an international situation, concerning some great nations
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_209
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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