Three wonderful letters from home / words by Joe Goodwin and Ballard MacDonald music by James F. Hanley

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Hanley, James F. (James Frederick), 1892-1942. “Three wonderful letters from home / words by Joe Goodwin and Ballard MacDonald music by James F. Hanley.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 24 May 2018, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/20167. Accessed 29 Jan. 2020.
TitleThree wonderful letters from home / words by Joe Goodwin and Ballard MacDonald music by James F. Hanley
SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music
Popular music -- 1911-1920
DescriptionFor voice and piano
Caption title: Cover illustrated by Barbelle
Library SMC 02350 ... Back cover: Excerpts for Three wonderful letters from home, Lafayette, Oh Harry! Harry!, A little bit of sunshine from home, Beautiful Ohio
Library SMC 02351 ... Back cover: Excerpts of Long boy, One day in June, Chin-chin Chinaman, and Liberty bell
CreatorHanley, James F. (James Frederick), 1892-1942
SourceSheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University
PublisherNew York : Shapiro, Bernstein
Datecirca 1918
ContributorGoodwin, Joe, 1889-1943, Lyricist.
MacDonald, Ballard, Lyricist.
Barbelle, 1888-1957, Illustrator.
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No Copyright - In the United States

Format1 score (3 p.) 35 cm
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Text
IdentifierSMC 02350
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Alternative TitleFirst line of text: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there;First line of refrain: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother's pray'r
Date Modified2017-03-28
Referenceshttp://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2439953~S9
VERSE 01: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there,/Three letters to a lonesome soldier lad/Each one a loving story told,/Each one was worth its weight in gold/Three messages that made his poor heart glad:
CHORUS: For the first was just old fashioned,/And it breathed a mother’s pray’r/While the next one started “Darling, God protect you over there,”/And the third was filled with kisses,/Sent to Daddy ‘cross the foam,/From his mother, wife and baby,/Three wonderful letters from home.
VERSE 02: Each word was like a soft caress that soothed his aching heart,/And drove away the mis’ry and the pain/Then joy returned to take their place/And brought a vision of each face/As o’er and o’er he read their words again: