The boys who won't come home
- Title
- The boys who won't come home
- LC Subject
- World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music Songs with piano Popular music--United States--1911-1920
- Item Locator
- 009976
- Composer
- Thomas, Ed.
- Illustrator
- Walton, E. E.
- Lyricist
- Hamilton, Harry
- 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
- 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
- Cover
- 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
- Work Type
- lithographs sheet music
- Issued
- 1919
- Identifier
- boys_who_wont_come_home_9976
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Copyright Claimant
- Broadway Music Corporation
- Publisher
- Broadway Music Corp.
- Place Of Publication
- New York >> New York >> United States
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Physical Extent
- 4 p; color; 30 cm.
- Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Exhibit
- World War I Music
- Location Copy Sublocation
- University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
