It's a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind / music by Harry Von Tilzer words by Val Trainor
| Title | It's a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind / music by Harry Von Tilzer words by Val Trainor |
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| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music |
| Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Songs and music | |
| War casualties -- Songs and music | |
| Farewells -- Songs and music | |
| Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920 | |
| Soldiers -- Pictorial works | |
| Tents -- Pictorial works | |
| Battlefields -- Pictorial works | |
| Women -- Pictorial works | |
| Popular music -- 1911-1920 | |
| Songs with piano | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title: Advertising with no musical incipits | |
| Cover illustration: Three soldiers with tents on a battlefield with smoke rising up and the face of a young woman in the smoke cloud / E.H. Pfeiffer | |
| Creator | Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946, Composer. |
| Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Publisher | New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. |
| Date | circa 1917 |
| Contributor | Trainor, Val, Lyricist. |
| Pfeiffer, E. H, Illustrator. | |
| Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co, Publisher. | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 04447 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/20192 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: While the cannon shells were screaming 'mid the battle's loudest roar;First line of chorus: It's a long, long, way to the U. S. A. and girl I left behind |
| Date Modified | 2017-03-21 |
| References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2911314~S9 |
VERSE 01: While the cannon shells were screaming/’Mid the battle’s loudest roar/Wounded Yankee boy was dreaming/Of his childhood home once more/To his pal he’s softly saying/Tell the little girl for me/Night and day how I was praying/Her dear face once more to see. CHORUS: It’s a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind/And if you get back some day give my love to her and say/That her boy was true, tell dear mother too,/Just to always treat her kind/It’s a long, long, way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind VERSE 02: To his lips he fondly presses/One gray strand of mother’s hair/And a golden curl caresses/From his little sweetheart fair/Sighing to his pal, you’ll meet them/Over on the other shore/Tell them both I soon will greet them/I’ll be coming home once more. | |
| Original Format | 1 score (3 p.) 35 cm |
