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Your King and Country Want You

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Title
Your King And Country Want You - Lyrics
Composer
Rubens, Paul A.  
Lyricist
Rubens, Paul A.  
Publisher
Chappell & Co. Ltd.  
Lyrics
Your King and Country Want You (A Woman’s Recruiting Song) Verse: We’ve watched you playing cricket and ev’ry kind of game. At football, golf and polo, you men have made your name. But now your country calls you to play your part in war. And no matter what befalls you, we shall love you all the more. So, come and join the forces, as your fathers did before. Refrain: Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Verse: We want you from all quarters, so help us, South and North. We want you in your thousands, from Falmouth to the Forth. You’ll never find us fail you when you
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 23, Folder 7
Local Identifier
2014_12996_900
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Your King and Country Want You
Composer
Rubens, Paul A.  
Lyricist
Rubens, Paul A.  
Publisher
Chappell & Co. Ltd.  
Year of Publication
1914  
Date of Copyright
1914-09-28
Lyrics
Your King and Country Want You (A Woman’s Recruiting Song) Verse: We’ve watched you playing cricket and ev’ry kind of game. At football, golf and polo, you men have made your name. But now your country calls you to play your part in war. And no matter what befalls you, we shall love you all the more. So, come and join the forces, as your fathers did before. Refrain: Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Verse: We want you from all quarters, so help us, South and North. We want you in your thousands, from Falmouth to the Forth. You’ll never find us fail you when you
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 7
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_900
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYour King and Country Want You
ComposerRubens, Paul A.  
LyricistRubens, Paul A.  
PublisherChappell & Co. Ltd.  
Year of Publication1914  
Date of Copyright1914-09-28
LyricsYour King and Country Want You (A Woman’s Recruiting Song) Verse: We’ve watched you playing cricket and ev’ry kind of game. At football, golf and polo, you men have made your name. But now your country calls you to play your part in war. And no matter what befalls you, we shall love you all the more. So, come and join the forces, as your fathers did before. Refrain: Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Oh! We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. For your King and you Country both need you so. We shall want you and miss you but with all our might and main We shall cheer, thank you, *kiss you when you come back again Verse: We want you from all quarters, so help us, South and North. We want you in your thousands, from Falmouth to the Forth. You’ll never find us fail you when you
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 7
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_900
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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