THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
(Sam H Stept (m) / Edgar De Lange (l) 1942)

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra 1942

Also sung by:
Evelyn Kaye Klein
The Ink Spots
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Leslie A. Hutchinson
Karen Elson
Bob Eberly
Donald Peers



I saw a peaceful old valley
With a carpet of corn on the floor
And I heard a voice within me whisper
This is worth fighting for.

I saw a little old cabin
And the river that flowed by the door
And I heard a voice within me whisper
This is worth fighting for.

Didn't I build that cabin
Didn't I plant that corn
Didn't my folks before me
Fight for this country, before I was born.

I gathered my loved ones around me
And I gazed at each face I adore
Then I heard that voice within me thunder
This is worth fighting for.

(bridge)

Didn't I build that cabin
Didn't I plant that corn
Didn't my folks before me
Fight for this country, before I was born.

I gathered my loved ones around me
And I gazed at each face I adore
Then I heard that voice within me thunder
This is worth fighting for.

NOTES:

From the B & W Universal Pictures musical ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home’
released December 24 1942.
Director: Chris Lamonts
Leads: Allan Jones / Jane Frazee / Gloria Jean / Donald O’Connor



(Transcribed by David Story - October 2013)