This song was in a show titled Three Little Lambs. <br /><br />Music by E. W. Corliss (his full name was Edward Warren Corliss, and he lived from 1872 to 1916). <br /><br />Words might be by C. D. Bingham (or was this someone who changed the words of Corliss to create lyrics about England?). <br /><br />Don't confuse this song with "The Man Behind"--and don't confuse it with a Sousa march titled "The Man Behind The Gun." <br /><br />Some nations that are famous for their guns of mighty size <br />Are full of words of love for us today. <br />For happenings of late have made them open wide their eyes <br />To learn that guns alone don’t win the fray. <br /><br />Though a gun be big and mighty, there is something needed more <br />If battles must be fought and battles won. <br />We need that modest hero but a hero to the core. <br />You have heard of him the man behind the gun. <br /><br />The man behind the gun! Boom, boom! Boom, boom! <br />The man who fought and won! Boom, boom! Boom, boom! <br />The man so tried and true to our flag red white and blue <br />The man behind the gun! Boom, boom! Boom, boom! <br /><br />He fights Columbia’s battles in the top or 'tween the decks: in jungle, in the open, up the hill. <br />He’s eager for the order to advance. He never recks of danger, for he’s fighting with a will... <br />
