(You’re the Land For Me)
A popular song from 1918.
Words by Raymond Zirkel.
Music by Earl McCullough.
Sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Have you ever whispered “Thankee”
That the Lord made you a Yankee
When you’re thinking o’er the blessings of the day?
There’s a patriotic something gets your heart to bumping
Thumping at the mention of the good old U. S. A.
Every drop of blood enlivens
There’s no place for pro’s or hyphens
When this land of ours is waked by war’s alarms
And we face the whole creation as one grand united Nation
When we hear Columbia call: “To Arms! To Arms!”
CHORUS
Dixie Doodle, you’re the land for me
Home of the brave and land of the free
There is no North nor South today
There are no boys in blue nor gray
It’s just one country, just one cause
‘Neath the greatest flag that ever was
The Stars and Stripes of Dixie Doodle
And the good old U. S. A.
2. Now an honest straight confession
War’s not really our profession
But we fight like bear cats when you force us to
We don’t count the cost and wonder
We made in and give ‘em thunder
So they have respect for old Red, White and Blue
Then when Uncle Sam is done
He don’t ask land or don’t ask money
He has learned to treat all war for gain with scorn
He’ll just teach the whole caboodle
How we do in Dixie Doodle
And the land where true Democracy was born