Sheet Music Collection

Harry von Tilzer

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Alternate Title

It's a Long Way To the USA and the Girl I Left Behind

Cover Illustration

Illustration of soldier in trenches thinking of home, depicted above him

First Line of Song

While the cannon shells were screaming

First Line of Chorus

It's a long, long way to the USA and the girl I left behind

Lyricist

Trainor, Val

Illustrator/Artist

Barbelle, Albert W., 1888-1957

Lithographer/Printer

New York: Harry Von Tilzer

Publication Date

1917

Publisher

New York: Harry Von Tilzer

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

War Songs

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score; 5 p.; 28 x 35

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278011446964

Digital ID#

011446964-1917

Location of Original

Box 76; Folder 1; Item 13

Repository

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

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights Management

This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code), which governs reproduction, distribution, display, and certain other uses of protected works. The user of this material is responsible for compliance with the law.

Contact Information

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

It's a Long Long Way to the USA

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