A 1913 popular song.
Words by Roger Lewis.
Music by Ernie Erdman.
Song suggested by Peter Masri.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A soldier from the South
And a soldier from the North
Who fought each other back in sixty-two
Met on the street one day
One wore a suit of grey
The other wore a tattered suit of blue
One said he loved the South the best
The other said the North
They argued till the tears came to their eyes
But Dixie’s son, a boy in blue said
“Gentlemen the war is through
So love the flag no matter where it flies
Refrain
“I love the whole United States
From Boston Massachusetts to Frisco’s golden gates
The cotton fields of Dixie the Maple trees of Maine
The mountains of Virginia, I love them all the same
I love the fields of Illinois
And Georgia where my sweetheart waits
Ev’ry city large and small
In Yankee land I love them all
I love the whole United States”
- The soldier from the North and the soldier from the South
Were listening to the soldier boy in blue
They shook each other’s hand and seemed to understand
That they should love old Uncle Sammy, too
They marched together down the street as comrades ought to do
The war is o’er and they were satisfied
And Dixie’s son, the boy in blue at last was mighty happy, too
And to himself again he softly sighed
Sung here by Fred Feild: