A World War I song from 1917
Words and music by Henry Kenning
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- There is music in the air
You can hear it ev’rywhere
Far and near “Old Glory’s”
Waving ‘neath the sky
Boys in khaki, boys in blue
Uncle Sammy’s heroes true,
He has called them
And they go to “Do or die”
Chorus
Sons of Washington, breed of Lexington
Sons of sires who died to make men free.
Shall the tyrants thrall, free men’s souls appall
And destroy our blood bought Liberty.
“In our God we trust,” for our cause is just,
As free men we will answer to the call.
For the “Land of Brave and Free”
Fight for home and liberty,
And we’ll never let the Old Flag fall.
- Some folks ask us “Why we fight”
Wonder “If we’re doing right,
Leaving home to fight a foe across the sea.”
Voices call us from the wave
Slaughtered where no arm could save,
Now we go to seek the foe where’er he be