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My Yankee Boy

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Supplementary Document

Title
My Yankee Boy - Lyrics
Composer
Solman, Alfred  
Lyricist
  • Grossman, Bernie  
  • Frisch, Billy  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • My Yankee Boy Verse: A Yankee boat is ready to sail down the bay to carry many of our loved ones far away
  • A Yankee girlie stands with tear dimmed eye as she bids her boy “good-bye.” Refrain: Yankee boy! You’ll soon be’cross the ocean, Yankee boy! I’ll miss you more each day, But when you go, you know, you take my heart away, still duty calls, you cannot stay! Ev’ry night I’ll ask the Lord to guide you, keep you safe and bring you back to me, So good-bye! Good luck! I’ll be waiting for you Yankee boy, my Yankee boy! Verse: That night the Yankee boy went sailing o’er the foam, thinking of his little sweetheart all alone
  • But what could cheer him more from day to day than the words he heard her say: 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 17, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_447
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
My Yankee Boy
Composer
Solman, Alfred  
Lyricist
  • Frisch, Billy  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-11-21
Lyrics
  • But what could cheer him more from day to day than the words he heard her say: Refrain
  • A Yankee girlie stands with tear dimmed eye as she bids her boy “good-bye.” Refrain: Yankee boy! You’ll soon be’cross the ocean, Yankee boy! I’ll miss you more each day, But when you go, you know, you take my heart away, still duty calls, you cannot stay! Ev’ry night I’ll ask the Lord to guide you, keep you safe and bring you back to me, So good-bye! Good luck! I’ll be waiting for you Yankee boy, my Yankee boy! Verse: That night the Yankee boy went sailing o’er the foam, thinking of his little sweetheart all alone
  • My Yankee Boy Verse: A Yankee boat is ready to sail down the bay to carry many of our loved ones far away
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_447
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleMy Yankee Boy
ComposerSolman, Alfred  
Lyricist
  • Frisch, Billy  
  • Grossman, Bernie  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-11-21
Lyrics
  • But what could cheer him more from day to day than the words he heard her say: Refrain
  • A Yankee girlie stands with tear dimmed eye as she bids her boy “good-bye.” Refrain: Yankee boy! You’ll soon be’cross the ocean, Yankee boy! I’ll miss you more each day, But when you go, you know, you take my heart away, still duty calls, you cannot stay! Ev’ry night I’ll ask the Lord to guide you, keep you safe and bring you back to me, So good-bye! Good luck! I’ll be waiting for you Yankee boy, my Yankee boy! Verse: That night the Yankee boy went sailing o’er the foam, thinking of his little sweetheart all alone
  • My Yankee Boy Verse: A Yankee boat is ready to sail down the bay to carry many of our loved ones far away
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_447
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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