A WWI song from 1917.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie and Geo. W. Meyer.
Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle.
Copyright ©17 Feb 1917.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Peace has always been our prayer
Now there’s trouble in the air
War is talked of everywhere
Still in God we trust
We’re not looking for any kind of war
But if fight we must
Chorus:
It’s up to you! What will you do?
England or France may have your sympathy
Or Germany, but you’ll agree
That, now is the time, To fall in line
You swore that you would so be true to your vow
Let’s all be Americans now
- Lincoln, Grant and Washington
They were peaceful men, each one
Still they took the sword and gun
When real trouble came
And I feel somehow, they are wond’ring now
If we’ll do the same.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: