America, I love you / music by Archie Gottler words by Edgar Leslie
| Title | America, I love you / music by Archie Gottler words by Edgar Leslie |
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| Subject | Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 -- Portraits |
| Patriotic music | |
| Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920 | |
| Songs with piano | |
| Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works | |
| Liberty Bell -- Pictorial works | |
| Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773 -- Pictorial works | |
| Indians of North America -- Pictorial works | |
| Pioneers -- Pictorial works | |
| Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Pictorial works | |
| Skyscrapers -- Pictorial works | |
| Popular music -- 1911-1920 | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title | |
| Advertising includes musical incipit for 'The Letter that never reached home' by Archie Gottler | |
| "I consider 'America I love you' the greatest popular song of its kind ever written. Signed James M. Curley, Mayor, City of Boston"--Cover | |
| F.J. Lawson Co. N.Y | |
| Cover illustration: Large central photograph of James Michael Curley surrounded by emblems of America including the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, a scene of the Boston Tea Party, an American Indian chief, pioneers, pilgrims and a skyscraper / Al. Barbelle photo of Eva Tanquay on copy 2 photo of Thomas Potter Dunne on copy 3 photo of Fannie Watson on copy 4 photo of Abbott & White on copy 5 | |
| Creator | Gottler, Archie, 1896-1959. Composer. |
| Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Publisher | New York : Kalmar Puck & Abrahms |
| Date | 1915 |
| Contributor | Leslie, Edgar. Lyricist. |
| Barbelle, 1888-1957. Illustrator. | |
| Kalmar, Puck & Abrahms. Publisher. | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 09788c |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31183 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: Amid fields of clover, Twas just a little over a hundred years ago |
| First line of chorus: America, I love you | |
| References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2963430~S9 |
VERSE 01: Amid fields of clover,/’Twas just a little over/A hundred years ago/A handful of strangers,/They faced many dangers/To make their country grow/It’s now quite a nation/Of wond’rous population,/And free from ev’ry king,/It’s your land it’s my land,/A great do or die land,/And that’s just why I sing. CHORUS: America, I love you,/You’re like a sweetheart of mine,/From ocean to ocean,/For you my devotion,/Is touching each bound’ry line,/Just like a little baby/Climbing it’s mother’s knee,/America, I love you,/And there’s a hundred million other’s like me. VERSE 02: From all sorts of places,/They welcomed all the races/To settle on their shore,/They didn’t care which one,/The poor or the rich one/They still had room for more/To give them protection/By popular election,/A set of laws they chose,/They’re your laws and my laws,/For your cause and my cause/That’s that’s just why I sing. | |
| Original Format | 1 score (5 pages) 34 cm |
