"It's Time for Every Boy to be a Soldier" (1917)

Source: Great Songs of World War I

Most ev'ry fellow has a sweetheart,
Some little girl with eyes of blue;
My daddy also had a sweetheart,
And he fought to win her, too;
There'll come a day when we must pay
The price of love and duty;
Be there staunch and true:

Chorus
It's time for ev'ry boy to be a soldier,
To put his strength and courage to the test;
It's time to place a musket on his shoulder.
And wrap the stars and stripes around his breast.
It's time to shout those noble words of Lincoln,
And stand up for the land that gave you birth:
"That the nation of the people,
By the people, for the people,
Shall not perish from the earth."

2nd Verse
Boys of America, get ready,
Your motherland is calling you;
Boys of America, be steady
For the Old Red, White and Blue;
When Yankee Doodle comes to town
Upon his little pony
Be there staunch and true:

Repeat Chorus

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