Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1908

Comments

Words and music by Leonard Chick. Chas Roth. & Ted Snyder

Ted Snyder Co. Inc Music Publishers. 112 West 30th St. New York

Quartette Chorus

Copyright 1908 by Ted Snyder Co. (Inc.)

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Lyrics

VERSE 1
A soldier in camp lay dreaming,
Dreaming of his native land,
He saw her noble statesman
And blood-stained heroes, grand;
He saw her soldiers and sailors
And the boys in Blue and Gray;
At dawn unto his comrades,
These words I heard him say:

CHORUS
“I saw Washington cross the Delaware,
I saw Stark ‘mid Mountains Green;
I saw Warren fight at Bunker Hill,
Andrew Jackson at New Orleans;
I saw Davy Crockett at the Alamo,
Taylor fight at Monterey,
And all fought for our liberty,
In my dreams of the U. S. A.

VERSE 2
At Plymouth he saw the landing
Of the gallant Pilgrim band,
He heard a bell ring liberty
And freedom thro’ the land;
O’er battle fields he wandered,
Where her heroes fought and fell;
Then turning to his comrades,
These words I heard him tell.

CHORUS

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