A popular song from 1912. Title on Cover: “The Ragtime Soldier Man”. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by E.H. Pfeiffer. Copyright ©12 Jul 1912. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus:
I’ve got to go, I’ve got to go
A soldier man I’ve got to be
I’ve got to go, I’ve got to go
I hear the bugle calling me
Oh, my Hon’, hurry up, hurry up
Get my gun, hurry up, hurry up
Can’t you see that I’ve got to fight
For love and liberty
My honey dear, my honey dear
You better save your sympathy
If you should hear, if you should hear
I got too near the enemy
Kindly carry me back to old Virginia
And when you get me there
Say a prayer for your Ragtime soldier man
Performance
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