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Some Sort of Somebody

Elsie Janis

“Some Sort of Somebody” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Elsie Janis: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Some of the time,

You think you love a brunette,

Some of the time

You love a blonde.

And sometimes they're short,

Or they may be tall—

They may pass by, and sometimes they fall.

But you love some sort of somebody all of the time.

Credits

Written by Elsie Janis

Words by Elsie Janis. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Some Sort of Somebody”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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