The Americans Come! 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Sep 2005

[spoken:] A blinded Frenchman
speaks to his son:

What is the cheering my little one?
Oh! that my blinded eyes could see!
Hasten, my boy, to the window run,
and see what the noise in the street may be.

I hear the drums and the marching feet;
look and see what it's all about!
Who can it be that our people greet
with cheer and laughter and joyous shout?

[Son:] There are men, my father,
brown and strong and they carry
a banner of wondrous hue,
with a mighty tread they swing along
now I see white stars on a field of blue!

[Father:] You say that you see
white stars on blue?
Look, are there stripes of red and white?
It must be yes, it must be true!
Oh, dear God, if I had my sight!

Hasten son, fling the window wide;
let me kiss the staff our flag swings from
and salute the Stars and Stripes with pride,
for God be praised. The Americans come!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Americans Come! 1918
Music by Fay Foster
Lyrics by Elizabeth Williams
© 1918 by J. Fischer & Bro.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 13 September 2005 at 00.04
in association with Doug Grierson
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