A WWI song from 1917
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Frederick V. Bowers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A maiden away down in Dixie
To her sweetheart said “Good-Bye”
“I love my country, too
Go forth to do or die
I’ll think of you every night
And you think of me
There’s a little girl in Dixie who waits for you
Go fight for Liberty”
Chorus
“Good luck to the boys of the U. S. A.
And the fairest flag that flies
For it has ne’er been defeated
It is the emblem we prize
The Army and Navy forever
Are bound to win the day
By land or sea
Go fight, my love, for me
Good luck to the U. S. A.”
- A soldier was longing for Dixie
When he heard his Gen’ral cry
“Who’ll take this message forth
And bring back a reply?”
Then forward the soldier speeds
A shot lays him low
“There’s a little girl in Dixie”
They hear him say
“Tell her I had to go”
Sung here by Vancha March: