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We Don't Know Where We're Going - Patriotic WWI recruiting song

We Don't Know Where We're Going But We're On Our Way

Words and Music by W. R. Williams
Composer of "America To-Day"
Copyright 1917 by Will Rossiter, Chicago
Format: large

Cover art fantastic photo of WWI soldiers marching down a Chicago street, with a Red Cross billboard in background. Photo set in a geometric design by Starmer.

The publisher calls this song "The American Tipperary." The Boys are Singing It! Inside is the piano music with vocal solo AND four-part choral rendition, for male or mixed voices.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Goodbye ev'rybody,
My country's calling me,
The time has come when ev'ry one,
Must fight for liberty.
Our Uncle Sam's in trouble,
Today I got a hunch
That I'm all fit, to do my bit
And so I joined the bunch.

Chorus:
We don't know where we're going,
but we're on our way,
We're out to make a showing
for the U.S.A.
There's goin' to be a hot time
for us some fine day,
We don't know where we're going,
but we're on our way.

Verse 2:
Goodbye ev'ry body,
My duty's calling me,
The cause is just and fight we must,
For all humanity
We'll follow dear "Old Glory"
We're with you to a man,
When we begin we're out to win
It's up to Uncle Sam.

(Repeat Chorus)

 

See more WWI sheet music:
Au Revoir, But Not Good-Bye Soldier Boy
The Battle Song of Liberty
Come On Papa
Dear Old Pals
The Dixie Volunteers
Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry
Ev'rywhere
The Finest Flag that Flies
God Spare Our Boys Over There
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France
Goodbye France, You'll Never Be Forgotten by the U.S.A.
Goodbye Germany
The Greatest Thing That Came From France
Long Boy - Goodbye Ma! Goodbye Pa! Goodbye Mule!
Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here
Homeward Bound
I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way
I Don't Want to Get Well
I May Be Gone for a Long, Long Time
In the Navy
It's a Long Way to Berlin But We'll Get There
I'm a Long Way from Tipperary
I'm Aching for the Sight of You
Jerry You Warra a Warrior in the War - WWI
Johnny's In Town
Liberty Bell It's Time to Ring Again
Little Blue Service Star in the Window
Lover's Lane is Crowded Again - WWI
Mothers of France
My Dream of the Big Parade
Oh Frenchy
Oo-la-la-wee-wee
Over Yonder Where the Lilies Grow
Plant a Little Garden in Your Own Back Yard
Somewhere in France in the Lily
Somewhere, Somewhere in France
There's a Vacant Chair in Every Home Tonight
We Don't Know Where We're Going Going But We're On Our Way
We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser
When the War Is Over - sheet music WWI
You'll Find Old Dixieland in France
You've Got to Go in or Go Under
Advertisement : 1917 Saturday Evening Post - Leo Feist publishers
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