Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (World War I Version)

DESCRIPTION: "In my cottage home I sit and they knit and knit and knit While the boys are fighting Germans o'er the sea." They fight for "country, home, and liberty." "When the British lion's roar makes the Kaiser boast no more," they will welcome back the soldiers
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE:
KEYWORDS: soldier separation reunion war
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Edith Fowke, "Canadian Variations of a Civil War Song," Volume 13, Number 2 (Summer 1963/1964) p. 104, "(no title!)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" (tune) and references there
File: MWFD104

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