Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers
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Title | Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers |
Composer | Darewski, Hermann E. |
Lyricist | Weston, R. P. |
Publisher | Francis, Day & Hunter |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1914 |
Date of Copyright | 1914-11-07 |
Lyrics | Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers Verse: Sister Susie’s sewing in the kitchen on a “Singer,” there’s miles and miles of flannel on the floor and up the stairs, And father ways it’s rotten getting mixed up with the cotton and sitting on the needles that she leaves upon the chairs. And should you knock at our street door Ma whispers “Come inside” Then when you ask where Susie is, she says with loving pride, Refrain: Sister Susie’s sewing shirts for the soldiers. Such skill at sewing shirts our shy young sister Susie shows! Some soldiers send epistles, say they’d sooner sleep in thistles than the saucy, soft, short shirts for soldiers sister Susie sews.” Verse: Piles and piles and piles of shirts she sends out to the soldiers, and sailors won’t be jealous when they see them, not at all. And when we say her stitching will set all the soldiers itching, she says out soldiers fight best when their back’s against the wall. And little brother Gussie he who lisps when he says “yes” Says |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_624 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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