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Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother

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Title
Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother - Lyrics
Composer
Paley, Herman  
Lyricist
Bryan, Alfred  
Publisher
Jerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Someday you will wake up too, find your dreams have all come true. Refrain
  • Cheer Up Father Cheer Up Mother Verse: You have a boy over there, your heart is fill’d with despair, But could you only see him tonight, he wears a smile that’s cheery and bright. Tho’ he’s very far away, don’t you seem to hear him say, Refrain: Cheer up father, cheer up mother, cheer up sister, cheer up brother, I’ll be coming back to you someday, And when the bands are playing you’ll be “Hip hooraying,” keep on smiling, All your cares beguiling, dry your tears away, For the more you miss me, all the more you’ll kiss me, When your boy comes home someday. Verse: Each night he’s there in your dreams, back home again so it seems, I can just picture him in your arms, telling of war and victory’s charms
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_097
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother
Composer
Paley, Herman  
Lyricist
Bryan, Alfred  
Publisher
Jerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-27
Lyrics
  • Cheer Up Father Cheer Up Mother Verse: You have a boy over there, your heart is fill’d with despair, But could you only see him tonight, he wears a smile that’s cheery and bright. Tho’ he’s very far away, don’t you seem to hear him say, Refrain: Cheer up father, cheer up mother, cheer up sister, cheer up brother, I’ll be coming back to you someday, And when the bands are playing you’ll be “Hip hooraying,” keep on smiling, All your cares beguiling, dry your tears away, For the more you miss me, all the more you’ll kiss me, When your boy comes home someday. Verse: Each night he’s there in your dreams, back home again so it seems, I can just picture him in your arms, telling of war and victory’s charms
  • Someday you will wake up too, find your dreams have all come true. 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_097
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleCheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother
ComposerPaley, Herman  
LyricistBryan, Alfred  
PublisherJerome H. Remick & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-27
Lyrics
  • Cheer Up Father Cheer Up Mother Verse: You have a boy over there, your heart is fill’d with despair, But could you only see him tonight, he wears a smile that’s cheery and bright. Tho’ he’s very far away, don’t you seem to hear him say, Refrain: Cheer up father, cheer up mother, cheer up sister, cheer up brother, I’ll be coming back to you someday, And when the bands are playing you’ll be “Hip hooraying,” keep on smiling, All your cares beguiling, dry your tears away, For the more you miss me, all the more you’ll kiss me, When your boy comes home someday. Verse: Each night he’s there in your dreams, back home again so it seems, I can just picture him in your arms, telling of war and victory’s charms
  • Someday you will wake up too, find your dreams have all come true. 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_097
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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