Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow
Words and Music by Geoffrey O'Hara, army
song leader, composer of "K-K-K-Katy"
Copyright 1918 by Leo Feist, New York
Format: small
Original retail price: 15¢
Cover art by Norman Rockwell, drawing copyright by
"Judge of the Nation's Perpetual Smileage Book"
This is one of only three sheet music covers by American artist
Norman Rockwell. Shows a litle dutch girl pinning a flower on an
American soldier, one who has a souvenir German helmet on his pack.
Song also available for Band, Orchestra, Male Quartette, player
piano, and talking machine.
Has a great advertisement on the back cover for "God Spare our Boys
Over There (The Army and Navy Song-Prayer)." |
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Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Last night I lay a-sleeping. A vision came to me,
I saw a baby, in Flanders maybe,
Its little eyes were wet with tears.
I heard a voice so clear, It said "Come over here."
Chorus:
"Over yonder, over yonder,
Over yonder where the lilies grow,
Let us wander, over yonder,
To the land of long ago;
Where the Lily of France,
the Fleur-de-lis, is calling to you and me;
Let us wander, over yonder,
To the land where the lilies grow."
Verse 2:
We heard a country crying,
We saw a nation's tears.
The call was heeded, when help was needed,
To try to pay a debtof years,
We send our boys away,
To win the glorious day.
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