Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1919

Comments

Lyrics by: J. Keirn Brennan

Music by: Ernest R. Ball

All program credits to: M. Witmark & Sons New York

Copyright: MCMXIX by M. Witmark & Sons International copyright secured.

Part of The Witmark Black and White Series

Dedication “To Julie and Carrie” on first page of music.

Advertisements: first page “Some of the Famous WITMARK Black and White Ballads” with a list of 7 songs 50c each “Bass and Baritone Songs Suitable for Home, Radio or Concert” on back cover with a long list of songs 50c each unless otherwise indicated.

Some of these resources may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the libraries or the institution.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Is the struggle and strife we find in this life really worthwhile after all?
I’ve been wishing today I could just run away,
Out where the west winds call.

[Refrain]
With someone like you, a pal good and true,
I’d like to leave it all behind, and go and find someplace that’s known to God alone,
Just a spot to call our own.
We’ll find perfect peace, where joys never cease, out there beneath a kindly sky,
We’ll build a sweet little nest somewhere in the west,
And let the rest of the world go by.

[Verse 2]
Is the future to hold just struggles for gold
While the real world waits outside,
Away out on the breast of the wonderful west,
Across the great divide?

[Refrain]

[Refrain]

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