From the musical “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN”, 1915. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©10 Dec 1915. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
When I get back home again to the U.S.A.
In the land of peace and freedom I intend to stay
Somehow I never feel at home
When I’m away from there, anywhere
No other nation in this creation would ever do for me
I guess I’m cranky ’cause I’m a yankee
But then I’m proud to be
On the pier you’ll hear me shouting
“Hip, Hip, Hooray”
When I get back to the U.S.A.
[Chorus is sung in counterpoint to “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”:]
My country! ’tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrim’s pride
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring