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Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry

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Supplementary Document

Title
Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry - Lyrics
Composer
Donaldson, Walter  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Lyrics
  • For it will bring a message back to Flanders, Just a word of love to you, my Joan of Arc: Refrain
  • will light the dark
  • until we meet again, goodbye, goodbye.” Verse: The peaceful stars will heal the scars of Flanders, One tiny spark
  • But now he’s leaving her alone in Flanders, And he softly whispers to his maid of France: Refrain: “Don’t cry Frenchy, don’t cry, when you kiss me goodbye, I will always keep the Fleur de Lis, dear, you gave to me, dear, so dry your eye. Sometime, Frenchy, sometime, we’ll hear the wedding bells chime. Oh! Please don’t cry, Frenchy, don’t cry, don’t cry
  • Don’t Cry Frenchy, Don’t Cry Verse: They met while clouds were hanging over Flanders, A soldier’s glance a war romance
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_132
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
Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry
Composer
Donaldson, Walter  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-01-31
Lyrics
  • For it will bring a message back to Flanders, Just a word of love to you, my Joan of Arc: Refrain
  • will light the dark
  • until we meet again, goodbye, goodbye.” Verse: The peaceful stars will heal the scars of Flanders, One tiny spark
  • But now he’s leaving her alone in Flanders, And he softly whispers to his maid of France: Refrain: “Don’t cry Frenchy, don’t cry, when you kiss me goodbye, I will always keep the Fleur de Lis, dear, you gave to me, dear, so dry your eye. Sometime, Frenchy, sometime, we’ll hear the wedding bells chime. Oh! Please don’t cry, Frenchy, don’t cry, don’t cry
  • Don’t Cry Frenchy, Don’t Cry Verse: They met while clouds were hanging over Flanders, A soldier’s glance a war romance
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_132
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleDon't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry
ComposerDonaldson, Walter  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-01-31
Lyrics
  • For it will bring a message back to Flanders, Just a word of love to you, my Joan of Arc: Refrain
  • will light the dark
  • until we meet again, goodbye, goodbye.” Verse: The peaceful stars will heal the scars of Flanders, One tiny spark
  • But now he’s leaving her alone in Flanders, And he softly whispers to his maid of France: Refrain: “Don’t cry Frenchy, don’t cry, when you kiss me goodbye, I will always keep the Fleur de Lis, dear, you gave to me, dear, so dry your eye. Sometime, Frenchy, sometime, we’ll hear the wedding bells chime. Oh! Please don’t cry, Frenchy, don’t cry, don’t cry
  • Don’t Cry Frenchy, Don’t Cry Verse: They met while clouds were hanging over Flanders, A soldier’s glance a war romance
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_132
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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