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You Can't Blame the Girlies at All

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Title
You Can't Blame The Girlies At All - Lyrics
Composer
Silver, Abner  
Lyricist
Gerber, Alex  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
You Can’t Blame the Girlies at All (They All Want to Marry a Soldier) Verse: All the girls today are up to something, Something’s goin’ to happen soon. All their thoughts are turning just to one thing, They’re planning a June honeymoon, They’ve waited til now, And this is the reason I vow. Refrain: Ev’ry girl wants to marry a soldier, Somehow the girlies all know, He’ll be true and he’ll do just what every they say, He has been tought how to love and obey, A soldier will always protect them, And oh what a husband he’ll be, He’ll peel potatoes, wash the clothes and scrub the floor, The girlies know that he’s been doing that before, That’s why they all want to marry a soldier, And you can’t blame the girlies at all. Verse: Ev’ry soldier had a lot of drilling, He knows how to be true blue, You will always find him to be willing, To go out and work hard for you. No wonder the girlies all fall, You hardly can blame them at all. 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 23, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_929
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
You Can't Blame the Girlies at All
Composer
Silver, Abner  
Lyricist
Gerber, Alex  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-01-19
Lyrics
You Can’t Blame the Girlies at All (They All Want to Marry a Soldier) Verse: All the girls today are up to something, Something’s goin’ to happen soon. All their thoughts are turning just to one thing, They’re planning a June honeymoon, They’ve waited til now, And this is the reason I vow. Refrain: Ev’ry girl wants to marry a soldier, Somehow the girlies all know, He’ll be true and he’ll do just what every they say, He has been tought how to love and obey, A soldier will always protect them, And oh what a husband he’ll be, He’ll peel potatoes, wash the clothes and scrub the floor, The girlies know that he’s been doing that before, That’s why they all want to marry a soldier, And you can’t blame the girlies at all. Verse: Ev’ry soldier had a lot of drilling, He knows how to be true blue, You will always find him to be willing, To go out and work hard for you. No wonder the girlies all fall, You hardly can blame them at all. 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 23, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_929
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYou Can't Blame the Girlies at All
ComposerSilver, Abner  
LyricistGerber, Alex  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-01-19
LyricsYou Can’t Blame the Girlies at All (They All Want to Marry a Soldier) Verse: All the girls today are up to something, Something’s goin’ to happen soon. All their thoughts are turning just to one thing, They’re planning a June honeymoon, They’ve waited til now, And this is the reason I vow. Refrain: Ev’ry girl wants to marry a soldier, Somehow the girlies all know, He’ll be true and he’ll do just what every they say, He has been tought how to love and obey, A soldier will always protect them, And oh what a husband he’ll be, He’ll peel potatoes, wash the clothes and scrub the floor, The girlies know that he’s been doing that before, That’s why they all want to marry a soldier, And you can’t blame the girlies at all. Verse: Ev’ry soldier had a lot of drilling, He knows how to be true blue, You will always find him to be willing, To go out and work hard for you. No wonder the girlies all fall, You hardly can blame them at all. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_929
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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