A tribute to American womanhood, 1917
Words by Jack Caddigan
Music by James A. Brennan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Now songs are sung in every toung
Of heroes tried and true
Who fight and die to keep on high
The old Red, White and Blue
We don’t hear much about the girl
That Johnny leaves behind
But when you strike her Uncle Sam
She’ll do her bit you’ll find
Chorus
She’ll be there, she’ll be there
Like her sisters were in days of Sixty One
She’ll be knitting socks and sweaters
For the German pirate getters
“Rally ’round the flag,” she’ll cry
And “Johnny get your gun”
She’ll be there, she’ll be there
You’ll find the Yankee Doodle girl a bear
She’ll forget her fathers riches
She’ll be mending soldiers breeches
She’ll be there, she’ll be there
- You never knew a Mother
To forsake a son in need
Or shirk the strife when man and wife
Are born of trouble seed
And since the days of Mother Eve
Their banner stands unfurled
They shared our tears for years and years
The women of the world
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: