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Every Little While

F. Clifford Harris

“Every Little While” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

F. Clifford Harris: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1918 · historical text
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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

Every little while I feel so lonely,

Every little while I feel so blue.

I'm always dreaming, I'm always scheming

Because I want you and only you.

Every little while my heart is aching.

Every little while I miss your smile,

And all the time I seem to miss you;

I want to, want to kiss you

Every, every, every little while.

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Written by F. Clifford Harris

Words by F. Clifford Harris. 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), “Every Little While”

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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