We'll Do Our Share 1918

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jul 2004

Everyone wants a little sunshine
and we can make it come to stay
if we all help at one time
we'll drive the clouds away
Mothers are smiling tho' they're longing
for those who are away
I know of one who wrote to her son
Hear what she had to say:

I'm over here, you're over there
and every night I say this prayer
though I cannot be there
to bear your troubles and care
I'll hope you do your share
it will comfort me so.
You'll always be my baby to me
in dreams I seem to see
you back on my knee;
you know the victory must be won
and it's up to you my son
we'll do our share
while you're over there.

I'm over here, you're over there
and every night I say this prayer
though I cannot be there
to bear your troubles and care
I'll hope you do your share
it will comfort me so.
You'll always be my baby to me
in dreams I seem to see
you back on my knee;
you know the victory must be won
and it's up to you my son
we'll do our share
while you're over there.

Picture the boy who gets the letter
he starts to read:
"My Darling Boy,"
then he feels so much better
his heart just fills with joy
knowing his mother doesn't worry
knowing we're with him too
by candle light, he reads every night
her letter through and through:

I'm over here, you're over there
and every night I say this prayer
though I cannot be there
to bear your troubles and care
I'll hope you do your share
it will comfort me so.
You'll always be my baby to me
in dreams I seem to see
you back on my knee;
you know the victory must be won
and it's up to you my son
we'll do our share
while you're over there.

I'm over here, you're over there
and every night I say this prayer
though I cannot be there
to bear your troubles and care
I'll hope you do your share
it will comfort me so.
You'll always be my baby to me
in dreams I seem to see
you back on my knee;
you know the victory must be won
and it's up to you my son
we'll do our share
while you're over there.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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We'll Do Our Share 1918
Lyrics by Lew Brown & Al Harriman
Music by Jack Egan
© MCMXVIII by Broadway Music Corp.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 30 July 2004 at 17.44
in association with Doug Grierson
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