From the 1917 musical “Her Regiment”.
Words by William Le Baron.
Music by Victor Herbert.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The Amazons of history
Were always in the van
They were right in the fight
And they put to blush the average man
For deeds of valor they performed
And thought it just a lark
So my aim is the same
I’m a modern Joan of Arc
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Where the battle wildly rages
That’s where I would try to be
All the heroines of ages
Were in my mind, and I combined
The very life and soul of Cleopatra
When I lived among the Army
There was not a Mother’s son
Who would dare to try to harm me
For if you knew it’s always true
that there’s a girl behind the gun