Here we go, here we go, here we go.

[Jasper]

I have been trying to find the correct lyrics for this song which I
believe dates back to WW II.
For years I have known a parody of it:

Be kind to your web-footed friend,
For a duck may be somebody's brother.
He lives on the edge of a swamp,
Where the weather is always domp!! (Damp)
You may think that this is the end,
Well it is........

Can anyone help please?
Bunty :}

[R H Draney]

Post by Jasper
I have been trying to find the correct lyrics for this song which I
believe dates back to WW II.
Be kind to your web-footed friend,
For a duck may be somebody's brother.
He lives on the edge of a swamp,
Where the weather is always domp!! (Damp)
You may think that this is the end,
Well it is........

You're not going to find lyrics for the original, because it was an
instrumental....

That's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, written on
Christmas Day 1896....r

[Jasper]

Post by R H Draney

Post by Jasper
I have been trying to find the correct lyrics for this song which I
believe dates back to WW II.
Be kind to your web-footed friend,
For a duck may be somebody's brother.
He lives on the edge of a swamp,
Where the weather is always domp!! (Damp)
You may think that this is the end,
Well it is........

You're not going to find lyrics for the original, because it was an
instrumental....
That's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, written on
Christmas Day 1896....r

So where does the title, "Here we go, here we go, here we go" come from
if there are no lyrics?
Bunty :}

[John Dean]

Post by Jasper

Post by R H Draney

Post by Jasper
I have been trying to find the correct lyrics for this song which I
believe dates back to WW II.
Be kind to your web-footed friend,
For a duck may be somebody's brother.

You're not going to find lyrics for the original, because it was an
instrumental....
That's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, written
on Christmas Day 1896....r

So where does the title, "Here we go, here we go, here we go" come
from if there are no lyrics?

I think that was a later edition for purposes of a football (Association)
song. Like Guantanamera has been purloined for "One David Beckham ...
There's only one David Beckham" (and a gazillion other multi-syllable
players) or "Ten Little Indians" was converted into "You're going home in an
Oxford Ambulance" (again, insert city of choice) or "Knees up Mother Brown"
begat "Who ate all the Pies?".

[Jasper]

Post by John Dean
I think that was a later edition for purposes of a football (Association)
song. Like Guantanamera has been purloined for "One David Beckham ...
There's only one David Beckham" (and a gazillion other multi-syllable
players) or "Ten Little Indians" was converted into "You're going home in an
Oxford Ambulance" (again, insert city of choice) or "Knees up Mother Brown"
begat "Who ate all the Pies?".

Oh! Now I understand, John. Thank you. I obviously don't attend football
games. Haha!
Bunty :}

[R H Draney]

Jasper filted:
Uh, correction to my earlier post; there *are* lyrics to the march:

Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.

Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.

[and here comes the part that got used for the "duck" version]

Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.

Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.

Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.

Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.

....r

[jon]

Post by R H Draney
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray

Only this time a little bit higher.

[Jasper]

Post by R H Draney
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
[and here comes the part that got used for the "duck" version]
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.

Hello - I thank you for this - but I still do not understand where the
title:
"Here we go, here we go, here we go" comes from.
Someone must know.
Bunty :}

[Bill Marcum]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:02:40 +0100, Jasper

Post by Jasper
I have been trying to find the correct lyrics for this song which I
believe dates back to WW II.
Be kind to your web-footed friend,
For a duck may be somebody's brother.
He lives on the edge of a swamp,
Where the weather is always domp!! (Damp)
You may think that this is the end,
Well it is........
Can anyone help please?
Bunty :}

http://www.dws.org/sousa/starsstripes.htm has lyrics to Stars and
Stripes Forever and Web-Footed Friends.

[Jasper]

Post by Bill Marcum
http://www.dws.org/sousa/starsstripes.htm has lyrics to Stars and
Stripes Forever and Web-Footed Friends.

Thank you. I was beginning to think that maybe it was a family
invention.
Bunty :}

[fredlloyd]

This used to be an anthem for Everton Football Club, and also appears in a
similar short excerpt in "I Am The Music Man" by Black Lace - info, but
probably no help ;o(
Fred

Post by Jasper

Post by Bill Marcum
http://www.dws.org/sousa/starsstripes.htm has lyrics to Stars and
Stripes Forever and Web-Footed Friends.

Thank you. I was beginning to think that maybe it was a family
invention.
Bunty :}
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