I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way

"I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way"
"I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way" cover
Song
Composer	George Fairman
Lyricist	George Fairman
Producer	Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company
Recorded by	The Peerless Quartet and Henry Burr

I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way is a World War I era song about a soldier leaving to fight. He says' "Uncle Sammy is calling me, so I must go." It was written and composed by George Fairman, recorded by both the Peerless Quartet and Henry Burr, and produced by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company in 1917.^[1] The song stayed in the top 20 from September 1917 to January 1918 and hit number 9 in December 1917.^[2]

Lyrics

Goodbye ev'rybody, I'm off to fight the foe. Uncle Sammy is calling me, so I must go. Gee, I'm feeling fine, Don't you wish that you were me? For I'm sailing tomorrow Over the deep blue sea.

CHORUS And I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way, For I belong to the regulars I'm proud to say And I'll do my duty night or day. I don't know where I'm going, But I'm on my way.

Take a look at me, I'm a Yankee thro' and thro'. I was born on July the Fourth in ninety-two, And I'll march away with a feather in my hat, For I'm joining the army. What do you think of that?

REPEAT CHORUS

References

1. Paas, John R. (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz GmbH Co. & KG. p. 130.
2. Paas, John R. (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz GmbH Co. & KG. p. 130.