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I Want to Go Home

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Title
I Want To Go Home - Lyrics
Composer
Rice, Gitz  
Lyricist
Rice, Gitz  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
  • I Want to go Home Verse: When first I joined the Army, not so very long ago, I said, “I’d fight the foe and help Sir Douglas Haig, you know.” I’ve been in France and just sixteen months, and fighting now as yet, I haven’t seen a German, all I’ve seen is mud and wet. Tomorrow when the off’cer asks “What would you like to do?” I’m going to stand right up and say, “If it’s all the same to you.” Refrain: “I want to go home, I want to go home
  • Take me for o’er the sea, Where the “Alleman” cannot get me. Oh, my! I don’t want do die, I want to go ‘ome. Verse: From measles I have suffered, and had twelve attacks of “Flue,” And meningitis too. But then no one ever knew. The rain and mud has given me the “Meditus” of the spine, I get it ev’ry time they ask me to go up the line. I’ve got rheumatism of my hair, a dislocated face. I think it’s really, really time, that someone should take my place. Refrain
  • The “whizz-bangs” and shrapnel around me do roar. I don’t want this old war any more
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 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_257
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
I Want to Go Home
Composer
Rice, Gitz  
Lyricist
Rice, Gitz  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-10-05
Lyrics
  • I Want to go Home Verse: When first I joined the Army, not so very long ago, I said, “I’d fight the foe and help Sir Douglas Haig, you know.” I’ve been in France and just sixteen months, and fighting now as yet, I haven’t seen a German, all I’ve seen is mud and wet. Tomorrow when the off’cer asks “What would you like to do?” I’m going to stand right up and say, “If it’s all the same to you.” Refrain: “I want to go home, I want to go home
  • The “whizz-bangs” and shrapnel around me do roar. I don’t want this old war any more
  • Take me for o’er the sea, Where the “Alleman” cannot get me. Oh, my! I don’t want do die, I want to go ‘ome. Verse: From measles I have suffered, and had twelve attacks of “Flue,” And meningitis too. But then no one ever knew. The rain and mud has given me the “Meditus” of the spine, I get it ev’ry time they ask me to go up the line. I’ve got rheumatism of my hair, a dislocated face. I think it’s really, really time, that someone should take my place. 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 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_257
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleI Want to Go Home
ComposerRice, Gitz  
LyricistRice, Gitz  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-10-05
Lyrics
  • I Want to go Home Verse: When first I joined the Army, not so very long ago, I said, “I’d fight the foe and help Sir Douglas Haig, you know.” I’ve been in France and just sixteen months, and fighting now as yet, I haven’t seen a German, all I’ve seen is mud and wet. Tomorrow when the off’cer asks “What would you like to do?” I’m going to stand right up and say, “If it’s all the same to you.” Refrain: “I want to go home, I want to go home
  • The “whizz-bangs” and shrapnel around me do roar. I don’t want this old war any more
  • Take me for o’er the sea, Where the “Alleman” cannot get me. Oh, my! I don’t want do die, I want to go ‘ome. Verse: From measles I have suffered, and had twelve attacks of “Flue,” And meningitis too. But then no one ever knew. The rain and mud has given me the “Meditus” of the spine, I get it ev’ry time they ask me to go up the line. I’ve got rheumatism of my hair, a dislocated face. I think it’s really, really time, that someone should take my place. 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 15, Folder 10
Local Identifier2014_12996_257
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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