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Are You Doing Your Bit (For Our Soldier Boys)

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Title
Are You Doing Your Bit (For Our Soldier Boys) - Lyrics
Composer
MacDonald, W. J.  
Lyricist
  • MacDonald, W. J.  
  • James, Billy  
Publisher
Billy James Music Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
Where the shot and shell are screaming, where the guns roar night and day, there the Yankee boys are fighting in France far away, they have left their homes and loved ones, to fight for liberty, are you doing all you can to help our boys across the sea. Are you doing your bit for our soldier boys, who are fighting for you and me! Are you helping along that mighty throng who are working for victory, put your shoulder to the wheel, and we’ll make our soldiers feel, that we’re backing them up while “Over there,” then when the Yankee boys march thru Berlin, you can say you did your share! While our boys in France are fighting, it is up to you and me, to do ev’rything that we can, to win victory, while they’re winning fame and glory, and are giving up their all, are you doing all you really can in answer to their call.
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 12, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_041
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
Are You Doing Your Bit (For Our Soldier Boys)
Composer
MacDonald, W. J.  
Lyricist
  • James, Billy  
  • MacDonald, W. J.  
Publisher
Billy James Music Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
No copyright registered.
Lyrics
Where the shot and shell are screaming, where the guns roar night and day, there the Yankee boys are fighting in France far away, they have left their homes and loved ones, to fight for liberty, are you doing all you can to help our boys across the sea. Are you doing your bit for our soldier boys, who are fighting for you and me! Are you helping along that mighty throng who are working for victory, put your shoulder to the wheel, and we’ll make our soldiers feel, that we’re backing them up while “Over there,” then when the Yankee boys march thru Berlin, you can say you did your share! While our boys in France are fighting, it is up to you and me, to do ev’rything that we can, to win victory, while they’re winning fame and glory, and are giving up their all, are you doing all you really can in answer to their call.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_041
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleAre You Doing Your Bit (For Our Soldier Boys)
ComposerMacDonald, W. J.  
Lyricist
  • James, Billy  
  • MacDonald, W. J.  
PublisherBilly James Music Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of CopyrightNo copyright registered.
LyricsWhere the shot and shell are screaming, where the guns roar night and day, there the Yankee boys are fighting in France far away, they have left their homes and loved ones, to fight for liberty, are you doing all you can to help our boys across the sea. Are you doing your bit for our soldier boys, who are fighting for you and me! Are you helping along that mighty throng who are working for victory, put your shoulder to the wheel, and we’ll make our soldiers feel, that we’re backing them up while “Over there,” then when the Yankee boys march thru Berlin, you can say you did your share! While our boys in France are fighting, it is up to you and me, to do ev’rything that we can, to win victory, while they’re winning fame and glory, and are giving up their all, are you doing all you really can in answer to their call.
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_041
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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