Come Home Dewey (We Won't Do a Thing To You)
Words & Music by Paul Dresser
Published 1899

[verse 1]
From far away Manila a hero grand and great
is speeding t'ward the land that gave him birth...
Tho' tired and worn from battle, when you come sailing home,
Your welcome will be heard o'er all the earth...
Let other nations worship their heroes if they will,
To us you're just plain Dewey tried and true,
But if there's anything you want from us, just say the word,
Every heart in this broad land belongs to you...

[chorus]
Come home Dewey , we won't do a thing to you,
Grand old hero of the red, white and blue!
Seventy-million people, with nothing else to do,
Wait for your coming and they'll make it warm for you.

[verse 2]
'Twas you who went to battle at breaking of the day,
'Twas you who struck the first real crushing blow
That changed the map and made us
in the eyes of all the world
A nation great with friend as well as foe,
Why, little babes are lisping
your name in mother's arms,
It's "Dewey's coming home" where'er you go;
The old folks' eyes are filled with tears
when e'er they think of you;
Don't blame them--its because they love you so

[repeat chorus]