Good Luck to the U. S. A.

A WWI song from 1917
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Frederick V. Bowers


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. 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.”

  1. 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: