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We'll Be Home

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No Copyright - United States

Supplementary Document

Title
We'll Be Home - Lyrics
Composer
Heisler, Harry  
Lyricist
Heisler, Harry  
Publisher
Wm. H. Hoskins Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Lyrics
  • When the band plays “Yankee Doodle,” calling us no more to roam, With the stars and stripes a flying, we’ll be home, boys, we’ll be home. Verse: The old red, white and blue, makes ev’ry heart beat true, Wherever Yankee boys may be, And history will show, how Yankee cannons go, When they face the enemy. Refrain
  • We’ll Be Home Verse: It means a lot of joy to ev’ry Yankee boy, To fight for Yankee Liberty And Yankee people know, what ev’ry boy would do, When we sailed across the sea. Refrain: We’ll be home, the war is over, we’ll be home to war no more, For we’ve won the fight for freedom as our fathers fought before
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 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_820
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
We'll Be Home
Composer
Heisler, Harry  
Lyricist
Heisler, Harry  
Publisher
Wm. H. Hoskins Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-12-01
Lyrics
  • We’ll Be Home Verse: It means a lot of joy to ev’ry Yankee boy, To fight for Yankee Liberty And Yankee people know, what ev’ry boy would do, When we sailed across the sea. Refrain: We’ll be home, the war is over, we’ll be home to war no more, For we’ve won the fight for freedom as our fathers fought before
  • When the band plays “Yankee Doodle,” calling us no more to roam, With the stars and stripes a flying, we’ll be home, boys, we’ll be home. Verse: The old red, white and blue, makes ev’ry heart beat true, Wherever Yankee boys may be, And history will show, how Yankee cannons go, When they face the enemy. 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 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_820
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleWe'll Be Home
ComposerHeisler, Harry  
LyricistHeisler, Harry  
PublisherWm. H. Hoskins Co. (Philadelphia, PA)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-12-01
Lyrics
  • We’ll Be Home Verse: It means a lot of joy to ev’ry Yankee boy, To fight for Yankee Liberty And Yankee people know, what ev’ry boy would do, When we sailed across the sea. Refrain: We’ll be home, the war is over, we’ll be home to war no more, For we’ve won the fight for freedom as our fathers fought before
  • When the band plays “Yankee Doodle,” calling us no more to roam, With the stars and stripes a flying, we’ll be home, boys, we’ll be home. Verse: The old red, white and blue, makes ev’ry heart beat true, Wherever Yankee boys may be, And history will show, how Yankee cannons go, When they face the enemy. 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 4
Local Identifier2014_12996_820
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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