Here's To The Land We Love, Boys! 1914 'The Only Girl'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Jun 2004

[Kim:] Ah! See the soldier lad
go marching to war!
[Patsy:] Altho' he has no idea what it is for!
[Kim:] With flags and banners flying,
the enemy defying,
[Patsy:] while crowds are crying:
"HipHurrah!"
[Kim:] He'll bravely rush
into the thick of the fray!
[Patsy:] Altho' he'd rather rush
the opposite way!
[Kim:] With vic'try still his motto,
[Patsy:] He fights because he's got to
[Kim:] When bugle sounds the call:
"To Arms!"
[Patsy:] Tanta ra ta ta ta ta ta ta!
Tanta ra ta ta ta ta ta ta!
Tanta ra! Tanta ra! Tanta ra!

[Kim:] Here's to the land we love, boys,
Home of the brave and free!
[Patsy:] While our flag is
proudly waving up above, boys!
[Kim:] We will never bow the neck
or bend the knee!
[Patsy:] The girls that we left behind, boys!
Faithful and true they stand!
[Kim:] So then here's a health forever
to the land we love!
[Patsy:] And here's to the love we land!

[All:] Here's to the land we love, boys,
Home of the brave and free!
While our flag is
proudly waving up above, boys!
We will never bow the neck
or bend the knee!
The girls that we left behind, boys!
Faithful and true they stand!
So then here's a health forever
to the land we love!
And here's to the love we land!

[Kim:] The ladies all admit
a soldier has charms!
[Patsy:] When he instructs 'em
in the usage of arms!
[Kim:] No chance he takes of missing,
in shooting or in kissing!
[Patsy:] A little flirting never harms!
[Kim:] But hark! again we hear
the roar of the guns!
[Patsy:] The enemy is on them!
Our hero runs!
[Kim:] If prisoner he's taken,
[Patsy:] With bravery unshaken
[Kim:] Altho' he's fakin' he will sing
[Patsy:] Tanta ra ta ta ta ta ta ta!
Tanta ra ta ta ta ta ta ta!
Tanta ra! Tanta ra! Tanta ra!

[Kim:] Here's to the land we love, boys,
Home of the brave and free!
[Patsy:] While our flag is
proudly waving up above, boys!
[Kim:] We will never bow the neck
or bend the knee!
[Patsy:] The girls that we left behind, boys!
Faithful and true they stand!
[Kim:] So then here's a health forever
to the land we love!
[Patsy:] And here's to the love we land!

[All:] Here's to the land we love, boys,
Home of the brave and free!
While our flag is
proudly waving up above, boys!
We will never bow the neck
or bend the knee!
The girls that we left behind, boys!
Faithful and true they stand!
So then here's a health forever
to the land we love!
And here's to the love we land!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Here's To The Land We Love, Boys 1914
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
© MCMXIV by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 15 June 2004 at 19.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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Joe Weber Offers - "The Only Girl" -  A Musical Farcical Comedy
The Book and Lyrics by Henry Blossom. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1914.
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