"I Love the Whole United States" (1913)
Words by Roger Lewis
Music by Ernie Erdman

Chicago/New York: Tell Taylor, Music Publisher
[Source: 014/013@Levy]

1.
A soldier from the South and a soldier the North
who fought each other back in sixty-two
Met on the street one day, one wore a suit of grey,
The other wore a tattered suit of blue,
One said he love the South the best, the other said the North.
They argued till the tears came to their eyes
But Dixie's son, a boy in blue said:
"Gentlemen the war is through,
So love the flag no matter where it flies."

REFRAIN [sung twice after each verse]
I love the whole United States,
from Boston Massachusetts to Frisco's golden gates,
the cotton fields of Dixie, the Maple trees of Maine,
the mountains of Virginia, I love them all the same,
I love the fields of Illinois
and Georgia where my sweetheart waits--
ev'ry city large and small, in Yankee land I love them all,
I love the whole United States."

2.
The soldier from the North and the soldier from the South
were listening to the soldier boy in blue.
They shook each other's hand, and seemed to understand,
That they should love old Uncle Sammy too,
They marched together down the street as comrades ought to do.
The war is o'er and they were satisfied,
And Dixie's song, the boy in blue,
at last was mighty happy too,
And to himself again he softly sighed: