They’re On Their Way To Mexico

A popular song from 1914
Words and music by Irving Berlin

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. They’re gettin’ ready
   They’re gettin’ ready
   We’ve had a row and now they’re going to war
   They’ve got their orders
   To sail the waters
   With heavy heart they start for a foreign shore
   They’re not excited
   They’re just delighted
   To go and shake them, make them stand up and roar
   Like they never did before

Chorus:
They’re on their way to Mexico
Just see those Yankee fighters, foe exciters
Gettin’ ready to go
They’re on their way to win the day
Just take a look at those Yankee brothers
Waving to their grey hair’d mothers
Goodbye, they’re leaving
Goodbye, stop grieving
Don’t cry, they’re glad to go
They’ll make them run like a herd of cattle
They’ll know they’ve had some battle
Way down in Mexico

2. Come over near them
   Come on and cheer them
   They’ve got a right to fight this battle because
   They’ve been invited
   To go and fight it
   And so they’re in to win and they’ll never pause
   Until they take ’em
   And then they’ll make ’em
   With head erect, respect America’s laws
   Give three cheers for them because

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