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Just a Little Cottage in the Country

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No Copyright - United States

Supplementary Document

Title
Just a Little Cottage in the Country Calling "Come Back Home" - Lyrics
Composer
Solman, Alfred  
Lyricist
Sterling, Andrew B.  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • A boy who won’t come back sleeps tonight beside the track But we won’t forget the soldier and the song: Refrain
  • Up and down this whole creation I hear where e’er I roam just a little cottage in the country calling: “Come back home!” Verse: A mother’s heart will yearn, she longs for his return, The days are weary and the nights are long
  • A breath of new mown hay seems to come from far away On the breeze that sings the soldier boy this song: Refrain: Just a little cottage in the country, morning glories twine around the door
  • Just a Little Cottage in the Country Calling “Come Back Home” Verse: The night is filled with dreams, the campfire softly gleams, A weary soldier’s heart begins to long
  • Just a gray haired mother who is waiting, waiting to see her boy once more
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_106
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Just a Little Cottage in the Country
Composer
Solman, Alfred  
Lyricist
Sterling, Andrew B.  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-04-28
Lyrics
  • Just a Little Cottage in the Country Calling “Come Back Home” Verse: The night is filled with dreams, the campfire softly gleams, A weary soldier’s heart begins to long
  • A breath of new mown hay seems to come from far away On the breeze that sings the soldier boy this song: Refrain: Just a little cottage in the country, morning glories twine around the door
  • Just a gray haired mother who is waiting, waiting to see her boy once more
  • Up and down this whole creation I hear where e’er I roam just a little cottage in the country calling: “Come back home!” Verse: A mother’s heart will yearn, she longs for his return, The days are weary and the nights are long
  • A boy who won’t come back sleeps tonight beside the track But we won’t forget the soldier and the song: 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 13, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_106
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleJust a Little Cottage in the Country
ComposerSolman, Alfred  
LyricistSterling, Andrew B.  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-04-28
Lyrics
  • Just a Little Cottage in the Country Calling “Come Back Home” Verse: The night is filled with dreams, the campfire softly gleams, A weary soldier’s heart begins to long
  • A breath of new mown hay seems to come from far away On the breeze that sings the soldier boy this song: Refrain: Just a little cottage in the country, morning glories twine around the door
  • Just a gray haired mother who is waiting, waiting to see her boy once more
  • Up and down this whole creation I hear where e’er I roam just a little cottage in the country calling: “Come back home!” Verse: A mother’s heart will yearn, she longs for his return, The days are weary and the nights are long
  • A boy who won’t come back sleeps tonight beside the track But we won’t forget the soldier and the song: Refrain
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 13, Folder 4
Local Identifier2014_12996_106
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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