A popular song from 1904.
Words by Sam Ehrlich.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I stood one night, in the pale moonlight
Beside old Bunker Hill
Where the battle cry, of the days gone by
Holds in our mem’ries still
It was there, one morn, that our flag was born
‘Mid the battle’s smoke so dense
We were united on that spot
And we’ve been united since
Chorus
Bunker Hill, old Bunker Hill
In hist’ry oft they tell
About the vict’ries by your side
Where so many heroes fell
The drum and fife, were sounded loud
At night when all was still
They play’d “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
Beside old Bunker Hill
- By rippling stream, in the campfire’s gleam
Old Bunker Hill by you
It was give and take, all for freedom’s sake
And independence, too
It was Washington who did lead them on
He’s our country’s father still
He made the name of U. S. A.
Beside dear old Bunker Hill
Sung here by Vancha March: