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Text:Was It You?
Author:C. D. Martin
Tune:[Somebody voted to ruin my boy]
Composer:Chas. H. Gabriel

354. Was It You?

1 Somebody voted to ruin my boy,
Was that somebody you?
Somebody helped his pure life to destroy,
Was that somebody you?

Chorus:
Was that somebody you? (was it you?)
Was that somebody you? (was it you?)
Somebody voted to ruin my boy,
Was that somebody you? (was it you?)

2 Somebody argued in favor of wrong,
Was that somebody you?
Somebody hushed in my life a sweet song,
Was that somebody you? [Chorus]

3 Somebody turned all my day into night,
Was that somebody you?
Somebody voted to throttle the right,
Was that somebody you? [Chorus]

4 Somebody licensed another to sell,
Was that somebody you?
That which could turn Paradise into hell,
Was that somebody you? [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Somebody voted to ruin my boy
Title: Was It You?
Author: C. D. Martin
Refrain First Line: Was that somebody you?
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: Patriotic and Temperance
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Somebody voted to ruin my boy]
Composer: Chas. H. Gabriel
Key: F Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1905, by Chas. H. Gabriel. E.O. Excell, Owner.
Notes: Public Domain.



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