Released 1918 Composer(s) Will R. Anderson | Label M. Witmark & Sons Lyricist(s) A.G. Delamater | |
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Bring Me a Letter from My Old Home Town is a World War I era ballad song released in 1918. A.G. Delamater wrote the lyrics. Will R. Anderson composed the music. The song was published by M. Witmark & Sons in New York, New York. On the cover is a group of "greater Vitagraph players" sitting around a table, writing letters. Behind them is a service flag with a red border and one blue star. It was written for both voice and piano. The song opens with a wounded soldier laying on a cot. He tells a nurse that the only thing that will cure his homesickness is hearing from his "old home town". The chorus is as follows:
Bring me a letter from my old home town,One with jokes from my old pal, Jim Brown.Bring me a letter from that girl of mine,Saying that she's longing for me all the timeBring me a letter from my proud old dad,Who knows that we are winning, and I'll bethe's glad.But more than any other,A line from my old mother;Bring me a letter from my home town.
The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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