He is There!

Fifteen years ago today

A little Yankee, little yankee boy

Marched beside his granddaddy

In the decoration day parade

The village band would play

Those old war tunes

And the G. A. R. would shout

"Hip Hip Hooray!" in the same old way

As it sounded on the old camp ground

That boy has sailed o'er the ocean

He is there, he is there, he is there

He's fighting for the right

But when it comes to might

He is there, he is there, he is there;

As the Allies beat up all the warlords!

He'll be there, he'll be there

And then the world will shout

The Battle-cry of Freedom

Tenting on a new camp ground

For it's rally round the Flag boys

Rally once again

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom

Fifteen years ago today

A little Yankee, with a German name

Heard the tale of "forty-eight"

Why his Granddaddy joined Uncle Sam

His fathers fought that medieval stuff

And he will fight it now;

"Hip Hip Hooray! this is the day,"

When he'll finish up that aged job

That boy has sailed o'er the ocean

He is there, he is there, he is there

He's fighting for the right

But when it comes to might

He is there, he is there, he is there;

As the Allies beat up all the warlords!

He'll be there, he'll be there

And then the world will shout

The Battle-cry of Freedom

Tenting on a new camp ground

For it's rally round the Flag boys

Rally once again

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom

There's a time in ev'ry life

When it's do or die, and our yankee boy

Does his bit that we may live

In a world where all may have a "say."

He's conscious always of his country's aim

Which is Liberty for all

"Hip Hip Hooray!" is all he'll say

As he marches to the Flanders front

That boy has sailed o'er the ocean

He is there, he is there, he is there

He's fighting for the right

But when it comes to might

He is there, he is there, he is there;

As the Allies beat up all the warlords!

He'll be there, he'll be there

And then the world will shout

The Battle-cry of Freedom

Tenting on a new camp ground

For it's rally round the Flag boys

Rally once again

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom