The official recruiting song from 1917. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©8 May 1917. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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It’s your country, it’s my country
With millions of real fighting men
It’s your duty, and my duty
To speak with the sword, not the pen
If Washington were living today
With sword in hand he’d stand up and say
“For your country and my country
I’ll do it all over again”
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