It’s Time for Every Boy to Be a Soldier by Charles H. Hart Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Most ev'ry fellow has a sweetheart
Some little girl with eyes of blue
My daddy also had a sweetheart
And he fought to win her too!
There'll come the day
When we must pay
The price of love and duty
Be there, staunch and true!

[Chorus]
It's time for ev'ry boy to be a soldier
To put his strength and courage to the test
It's time to place a musket on his shoulder
And wrap the Stars and Stripes around his breast
It's time to shout those noble words of Lincoln
And stand up for the land that gave your birth
That the nation of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the earth!
[Verse 2]
Boys of America, get ready
Your motherland is calling you
Boys of America, be steady
For the old Red White and Blue
When Yankee Doodle comes to town
Upon his little pony
Be there, staunch and true!

[Chorus]
It's time for ev'ry boy to be a soldier
To put his strength and courage to the test
It's time to place a musket on his shoulder
And wrap the Stars and Stripes around his breast
It's time to shout those noble words of Lincoln
And stand up for the land that gave your birth
That the nation of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the earth!

It's time to shout those noble words of Lincoln
And stand up for the land that gave your birth
That the nation of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the earth!