https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/4061961 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/45/66/288325.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/4061961 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:04:51 +0000 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:04:51 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/34275721 tag:ipernity.com,2015-06-10,doc-34275721 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:58:50 +0000 2015-06-10T17:58:50-04:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/34275721"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/57/21/34275721.81a818eb.240.jpg?r2" width="187" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The sheet music for "Wake Up, America!" appeared in 1916, the year before the United States entered World War I. The cover shows Uncle Sam kneeling next to the Brooklyn Bridge with the Statue of Liberty in the background. He's preparing for war by placing a battleship in New York Harbor. The song urged Americans to "get ready to answer duty's call" in case "we are called to war."<br /> <br /> A <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4342/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1916 recording</a> of "Wake Up, America!" is available on the Library of Congress's <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National Jukebox</a> site.<br /> <br /> --------<br /> <br /> "Wake Up, America!" This is the song that inspired all America. Lyric by George Graff, Jr. Music by Jack Glogau. Leo Feist, Inc., New York.<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> <br /> Wake up, America, if we are called to war,<br /> Are we prepared to give our lives<br /> For our sweethearts and our wives?<br /> Are our mothers and our homes worth fighting for?<br /> <br /> Let us pray, God, for peace, but peace with honor,<br /> But let's get ready to answer duty's call,<br /> So when Old Glory stands unfurled,<br /> Let it mean to all the world,<br /> America is ready, that's all!</div> Wake Up, America! <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/34275721"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/57/21/34275721.81a818eb.240.jpg?r2" width="187" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The sheet music for "Wake Up, America!" appeared in 1916, the year before the United States entered World War I. The cover shows Uncle Sam kneeling next to the Brooklyn Bridge with the Statue of Liberty in the background. He's preparing for war by placing a battleship in New York Harbor. The song urged Americans to "get ready to answer duty's call" in case "we are called to war."<br /> <br /> A <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4342/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1916 recording</a> of "Wake Up, America!" is available on the Library of Congress's <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National Jukebox</a> site.<br /> <br /> --------<br /> <br /> "Wake Up, America!" This is the song that inspired all America. Lyric by George Graff, Jr. Music by Jack Glogau. Leo Feist, Inc., New York.<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> <br /> Wake up, America, if we are called to war,<br /> Are we prepared to give our lives<br /> For our sweethearts and our wives?<br /> Are our mothers and our homes worth fighting for?<br /> <br /> Let us pray, God, for peace, but peace with honor,<br /> But let's get ready to answer duty's call,<br /> So when Old Glory stands unfurled,<br /> Let it mean to all the world,<br /> America is ready, that's all!</div> Alan Mays