It became a hit in 1918 when released by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell, charting peaking at #2 in the United States.

[1] The song presents a group of soldiers leaving for battle as their girlfriends and wives watch and cry.

[2] The chorus reads: "I'm coming back some day when the fray is over my darling I know you'll be true, dear So I'll never be blue, dear, Across the goam in No Man's land I'll soon be fighting But I know your lips are no man's land but mine.

"[2] The song was composed by Charles R. McCarron and Carey Morgan, with words by Arthur Guy Empey.

The sheet music features a plug to Empey's book and film "Over the Top.