For Dixie and Uncle Sam 1921 Nora Bayes

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 11 Feb 2003

In Maryland, in Maryland,
there's a mother old and grey,
alone she stands and waves her hand
to her boy who is going away.
She said: "I'm proud of you,
in your uniform of blue,
and the sword that you carry too!
I've watched it twice before,
go bravely off to war,
for the Grey and then for the Blue!"

Your Granddad fought
in the war of SixtyOne,
he wore a suit of grey,
your Daddy, too, in a suit of navy Blue,
to Cuba sailed away.
Though the one wore grey
and the other blue,
the blood of both's in you;
so I'm giving you up to Old Glory,
and I'm mighty proud that I am!
You're all I've got,
but be Johnny on the spot,
For Dixie and Uncle Sam!

Your Granddad fought
in the war of SixtyOne,
he wore a suit of grey,
your Daddy, too, in a suit of navy Blue,
to Cuba sailed away.
Though the one wore grey
and the other blue,
the blood of both's in you;
so I'm giving you up to Old Glory,
and I'm mighty proud that I am!
You're all I've got,
but be Johnny on the spot,
For Dixie and Uncle Sam!

Tho' far away, the boy each day,
as the western sun goes down,
he mails a note he proudly wrote
in a tent near a far border town;
and says: "Dear mother mine,
when the word goes down the line
to get ready, the foe is near!
The danger's in the air,
I reckon I'll be there,
as your words still ring in my ear:"

Your Granddad fought
in the war of SixtyOne,
he wore a suit of grey,
your Daddy, too, in a suit of navy Blue,
to Cuba sailed away.
Though the one wore grey
and the other blue,
the blood of both's in you;
so I'm giving you up to Old Glory,
and I'm mighty proud that I am!
You're all I've got,
but be Johnny on the spot,
For Dixie and Uncle Sam!

Your Granddad fought
in the war of SixtyOne,
he wore a suit of grey,
your Daddy, too, in a suit of navy Blue,
to Cuba sailed away.
Though the one wore grey
and the other blue,
the blood of both's in you;
so I'm giving you up to Old Glory,
and I'm mighty proud that I am!
You're all I've got,
but be Johnny on the spot,
For Dixie and Uncle Sam!

Soft karaoke
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For Dixie and Uncle Sam 1921
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan
described as Nora Bayes' Big Hit
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 11 February 2003 at 08.22
in association with Doug Grierson
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