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When You Strike at Old Glory

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Supplementary Document

Title
When You Strike at Old Glory - Lyrics
Composer
  • Johnson, Chas. L.  
  • Stowe, Harry Beecher  
Lyricist
Stowe, Harry Beecher  
Publisher
Harry B. Stowe (Kansas City, MO)  
Lyrics
When You Strike at Old Glory Verse: Our flag is the flag of a nation that offers you her hand In terms of peace and honor you’re welcome to our land But when you scorn our freedom and defy our fair nations rights You have struck at a friend you will learn in the end, and a friend is the hardest to fight Refrain: For when you strike at Old Glory, the flag of the brave and the free Beware of Uncle Sam take care for Uncle Sam, who watches o’er the land and sea You must remember her story, and the heroes who died for her sake For when you strike at Old Glory you make a mistake Verse: Her bright stars shall shine on forever far over land and sea All nations too shall revere our emblem of liberty And those shall find protection who will look to the red white and blue And the worlds fair domain shall in peace ever reign, when the dreams of her braves come true Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 22, Folder 3
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_804
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
When You Strike at Old Glory
Composer
  • Stowe, Harry Beecher  
  • Johnson, Chas. L.  
Lyricist
Stowe, Harry Beecher  
Publisher
Harry B. Stowe (Kansas City, MO)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-07-05
Lyrics
When You Strike at Old Glory Verse: Our flag is the flag of a nation that offers you her hand In terms of peace and honor you’re welcome to our land But when you scorn our freedom and defy our fair nations rights You have struck at a friend you will learn in the end, and a friend is the hardest to fight Refrain: For when you strike at Old Glory, the flag of the brave and the free Beware of Uncle Sam take care for Uncle Sam, who watches o’er the land and sea You must remember her story, and the heroes who died for her sake For when you strike at Old Glory you make a mistake Verse: Her bright stars shall shine on forever far over land and sea All nations too shall revere our emblem of liberty And those shall find protection who will look to the red white and blue And the worlds fair domain shall in peace ever reign, when the dreams of her braves 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 22, Folder 3
Local Identifier
2014_12996_804
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWhen You Strike at Old Glory
Composer
  • Stowe, Harry Beecher  
  • Johnson, Chas. L.  
LyricistStowe, Harry Beecher  
PublisherHarry B. Stowe (Kansas City, MO)  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-07-05
LyricsWhen You Strike at Old Glory Verse: Our flag is the flag of a nation that offers you her hand In terms of peace and honor you’re welcome to our land But when you scorn our freedom and defy our fair nations rights You have struck at a friend you will learn in the end, and a friend is the hardest to fight Refrain: For when you strike at Old Glory, the flag of the brave and the free Beware of Uncle Sam take care for Uncle Sam, who watches o’er the land and sea You must remember her story, and the heroes who died for her sake For when you strike at Old Glory you make a mistake Verse: Her bright stars shall shine on forever far over land and sea All nations too shall revere our emblem of liberty And those shall find protection who will look to the red white and blue And the worlds fair domain shall in peace ever reign, when the dreams of her braves 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 22, Folder 3
Local Identifier2014_12996_804
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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