For Old Glory : (Uncle Sam we are preparing) : official march song : one-step / words & music by Walter Irving.
Item
Irving, Walter, (Composer). 2000. “For Old Glory : (Uncle Sam We Are Preparing) : Official March Song : One-Step Words & Music by Walter Irving”. N.Y. City (National Executive Offices, 51 Chambers St.) : American Junior Naval and Marine Scout, Inc, World War I Sheet Music, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/wwimusic/item/35662
- Title
- For Old Glory : (Uncle Sam we are preparing) : official march song : one-step / words & music by Walter Irving.
- Description
- For voice and piano.
- T.p. ill. signed E. H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.: Marine and naval scouts raising the American flag; inset photographs of Admiral George Dewey -- First Chief Naval Scout, General George Barnett -- the Chief Marine Scout, and Daniel M. Bedell, National Treasurer.
- "Respectfully dedicated to the Chief Scouts."
- "Warning: This copy is sold for 25¢ (no more) by American Junior Naval & Marine Scouts, with which to purchase tobacco for the sailors, Marines, and soldiers in France. Donations exceeding price of song may be sent to General Daniel M. Bedell, National Treasurer, 51 Chambers St., New York.)"
- Thank-you letter from C. A. Doyen, Colonel, U.S.M.C. reprinted on p. [4].
- Subject
- Topical -- Songs with piano.
- Topical -- Popular music, United States.
- Topical -- World War, 1914-1918, Songs and music.
- Publisher -- American Junior Naval and Marine Scout, Inc.
- Added entry -- Person -- Dewey, George, 1837-1917
- Added entry -- Person -- Barnett, George, 1859-1930
- Added entry -- Person -- Pfeiffer, E. H.
- Creator
- Irving, Walter, (Composer)
- Publisher
- N.Y. City (National Executive Offices, 51 Chambers St.) : American Junior Naval and Marine Scout, Inc.
- Date
- c1917
- Format
- 1 score ([3] p. ; ill. ; 35 cm.
- Rights
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- Item sets
- World War I Sheet Music
Irving, Walter, (Composer). 2000. “For Old Glory : (Uncle Sam We Are Preparing) : Official March Song : One-Step Words & Music by Walter Irving”. N.Y. City (National Executive Offices, 51 Chambers St.) : American Junior Naval and Marine Scout, Inc, World War I Sheet Music, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/wwimusic/item/35662







