"We'll Build A Little Home In The U.S.A."--Irving Kaufman (1915) World War I song WWIbr br Irving Kaufman sings the World War I song titled "We'll Build A Little Home In The U.S.A." on Edison Blue Amberol 2695, issued in 1915 (two years before America entered the fight).br br Music by Charles Elbertbr br Lyrics by Howard Wesleybr br A hundred thousand refugees br have fled from the war,br weary and worn, tired and torn.br br Houses burning, no returning--br hearts overflow.br br They're grieving at leaving br with no place to go.br As they toil on their way, br now I seem to hear them say:br br We will build a little home in the U.S.A. br in the land of the stripes and stars. br We'll leave behind us the sorrows and cares br of war, and the Kaiser, the kings, and czars.br br Uncle Sam spreads his arms across the ocean, br and I know he'll never turn us away, br so we'll sail across the foam, and br we'll build a little home in the U.S.A.br br We'll go where we will never hear the guns' awful br roar, where there's no war--peace ever more.br br Father, mother, sister, brother--happy they'll br be, all cheering while nearing our Liberty as br we speed on our way to the good old U.S.A.br br "We'll Build A Little Home In The U.S.A." Irving Kaufman (1915) World War I song WWI Edison cylinder.