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Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land

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Title
Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land - Lyrics
Composer
Schwartz, Jean  
Lyricist
  • Young, Joe  
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
  • She finds her baby still in her slumber deep, A-whisp’ring while she’s fast asleep: Refrain
  • ’ Hello Central give me No Man’s Land.” Verse: Through the curtains of night, Comes a beautiful light, And the sun shine that beams, Finds a baby in dreams. Mamma looks in to see, Where her darling can be
  • I want to know why mamma starts to weep, When I say, ‘now I lay me down to sleep
  • She tiptoed off to bed, After my pray’rs were said, Don’t ring when you get my number, Or you’ll disturb mamma’s slumber. I’m afraid to stand here at the ‘phone, ‘Cause I’m alone, So won’t you hurry
  • Then baby toddles up to the telephone, And whispers in a baby tone: Refrain: Hello Central give me No Man’s Land, My daddy’s there, my mamma told me
  • Hello Central, Give me No Man’s Land Verse: When the gray shadows creep, And the world is asleep, In the still of the night, Baby creeps down a flight. First she looks all around, Without making a sound
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 15, Folder 5
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_314
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land
Composer
Schwartz, Jean  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-12
Lyrics
  • Hello Central, Give me No Man’s Land Verse: When the gray shadows creep, And the world is asleep, In the still of the night, Baby creeps down a flight. First she looks all around, Without making a sound
  • Then baby toddles up to the telephone, And whispers in a baby tone: Refrain: Hello Central give me No Man’s Land, My daddy’s there, my mamma told me
  • She tiptoed off to bed, After my pray’rs were said, Don’t ring when you get my number, Or you’ll disturb mamma’s slumber. I’m afraid to stand here at the ‘phone, ‘Cause I’m alone, So won’t you hurry
  • I want to know why mamma starts to weep, When I say, ‘now I lay me down to sleep
  • ’ Hello Central give me No Man’s Land.” Verse: Through the curtains of night, Comes a beautiful light, And the sun shine that beams, Finds a baby in dreams. Mamma looks in to see, Where her darling can be
  • She finds her baby still in her slumber deep, A-whisp’ring while she’s fast asleep: 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 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_314
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleHello Central! Give Me No Man's Land
ComposerSchwartz, Jean  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-12
Lyrics
  • Hello Central, Give me No Man’s Land Verse: When the gray shadows creep, And the world is asleep, In the still of the night, Baby creeps down a flight. First she looks all around, Without making a sound
  • Then baby toddles up to the telephone, And whispers in a baby tone: Refrain: Hello Central give me No Man’s Land, My daddy’s there, my mamma told me
  • She tiptoed off to bed, After my pray’rs were said, Don’t ring when you get my number, Or you’ll disturb mamma’s slumber. I’m afraid to stand here at the ‘phone, ‘Cause I’m alone, So won’t you hurry
  • I want to know why mamma starts to weep, When I say, ‘now I lay me down to sleep
  • ’ Hello Central give me No Man’s Land.” Verse: Through the curtains of night, Comes a beautiful light, And the sun shine that beams, Finds a baby in dreams. Mamma looks in to see, Where her darling can be
  • She finds her baby still in her slumber deep, A-whisp’ring while she’s fast asleep: 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 5
Local Identifier2014_12996_314
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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