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The boys who won't come home

Composer
Illustrator
Lyricist
Issued
  • 1919
Description
  • This composition may also be bought for your talking machine or player piano'--printed between pages 2, 3
  • Back cover contains advertisement for 'He's Had No Lovin' For A Long, Long Time' by Maceo Pinkard, with words by Wm Tracey
  • Plate number The Boys Who etc.
  • vocal range is D4-E5
Cover Description
  • Illustrated image of an older woman sitting by a fireplace, with a soldier's face appearing in the fire against a black background
  • title in white letters above illustration
First Line
  • The flags were waving gaily all along the village street,
First Line Chorus
  • My boy was one of those who went away,
Instrumentation
  • Song for voice and piano
Subject
Work Type
Physical Extent
  • 4 p; color; 30 cm.
Copyright Claimant
  • Broadway Music Corporation
Identifier
  • boys_who_wont_come_home_9976
Shelf Location
  • 009976
Copy Location
  • University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
Publisher
Publication Place
Exhibit
  • World War I Music
Institution
Submission Date
  • 07/17/2017
Modified
  • 10/20/2023
Collections

APA

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). The boys who won't come home Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71j020d

MLA

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "The boys who won't come home" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71j020d

Chicago

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "The boys who won't come home" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71j020d

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71j020d | title= The boys who won't come home |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-18 |publisher= Broadway Music Corp.}}

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