Wake Up, America! 1916

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 Feb 2003

Have we forgotten, America,
the battles our fathers fought?
Are we ashamed of our history
in the peace that fighting brought?
Must we be laughed at, America,
while our swords turn weak with rust?
Is the blood of our fathers wasted?
And how have we treated their trust?
Is Columbia the gem of the ocean?
Is Old Glory the pride of the Free?
Let's forget ev'ry selfish emotion,
United for ever let's be!

Wake up, America!
If we are called to war,
Are we prepared to give our lives
for our sweethearts and our wives?
Are our mothers and our homes
worth fighting for?
Let us pray, God for peace,
but peace with honor,
but let's get ready to answer duty's call,
so when Old Glory stands unfurled,
let it mean to all the world,
America is ready, that's all!

Wake up, America!
If we are called to war,
Are we prepared to give our lives
for our sweethearts and our wives?
Are our mothers and our homes
worth fighting for?
Let us pray, God for peace,
but peace with honor,
but let's get ready to answer duty's call,
so when Old Glory stands unfurled,
let it mean to all the world,
America is ready, that's all!

Do you remember George Washington,
that winter at Valley Forge?
Jackson and Custer and Farragut
and of Perry at Fort George?
McKinley and Lincoln were fighting men,
and the heroes our country knew,
simply crowd thru our hist'ry pages,
just think what they've done all for you!
Made Columbia the gem of the ocean,
made Old Glory the pride of the Free,
shall we fail in our test of devotion?
Oh! what is our hist'ry to be?

Wake up, America!
If we are called to war,
Are we prepared to give our lives
for our sweethearts and our wives?
Are our mothers and our homes
worth fighting for?
Let us pray, God for peace,
but peace with honor,
but let's get ready to answer duty's call,
so when Old Glory stands unfurled,
let it mean to all the world,
America is ready, that's all!

Wake up, America!
If we are called to war,
Are we prepared to give our lives
for our sweethearts and our wives?
Are our mothers and our homes
worth fighting for?
Let us pray, God for peace,
but peace with honor,
but let's get ready to answer duty's call,
so when Old Glory stands unfurled,
let it mean to all the world,
America is ready, that's all!

Soft karaoke
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Wake Up, America! 1916
Music by Jack Glogau
Lyrics by George Graff Jr.
copyright MCMXVI by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 22 February 29003 at 23.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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This song was written in early 1916 and was described
modestly on the frontispiece as 'The Song that
inspired all America.'
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