Sheet Music Collection

Composer

Ed J. Lee

Files

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Cover Illustration

Illustration of a man reaching for a rifle that hangs over a fireplace while a woman is seated with a handkerchief against her face.

First Line of Song

'Way up in Yipsilanti lived the poor widow Brown Johnny as her only son the pride of all the town.

First Line of Chorus

Your grand dad march'd away in a uniform of gray, in the days of ''sixty one'''

Subjects

Large Popular; Piano music

Publication Date

1917

Publisher

Columbus: John G. Knight.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

War Songs

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (4 p.) ; 35 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009773320

Digital ID#

009773320-1917

Location of Original

Box 73, Folder 2, Piece 34.

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Johnny Get Your Gun, Put the Kaiser on the Run (''Just as Your Dad Would Do'')

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