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Farewell, Mother

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Title
Farewell, Mother - Lyrics
Composer
Flanagan, Thos. J.  
Lyricist
Gibbons, Ray  
Publisher
Thos. J. Flanagan Pub. Co. (Syracuse, NY)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
Farewell Mother Verse: Mother, dear, I must be leaving duty call your boy to go Mother dear, your heart will be grieving for it’s hard to part I know And when we hit the fields of Dover all the news will spread around That your boys had just gone over and they will soon be homeward bound. Refrain: Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you So long, mother, it’s hard to part that’s true Just keep the love light burning until you boy’s returning. Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you. Verse: Mother dear, I’ll look for brother when we land o’er there by scott And we’ll fight beside each other when the boys go o’er the top And when the bugle calls for vict’ry there’ll be a grand old jubilee Then you can say you’ve done your share dear, for country, home and liberty. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_183
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Farewell, Mother
Composer
Flanagan, Thos. J.  
Lyricist
Gibbons, Ray  
Publisher
Thos. J. Flanagan Pub. Co. (Syracuse, NY)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
No copyright registered.
Lyrics
Farewell Mother Verse: Mother, dear, I must be leaving duty call your boy to go Mother dear, your heart will be grieving for it’s hard to part I know And when we hit the fields of Dover all the news will spread around That your boys had just gone over and they will soon be homeward bound. Refrain: Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you So long, mother, it’s hard to part that’s true Just keep the love light burning until you boy’s returning. Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you. Verse: Mother dear, I’ll look for brother when we land o’er there by scott And we’ll fight beside each other when the boys go o’er the top And when the bugle calls for vict’ry there’ll be a grand old jubilee Then you can say you’ve done your share dear, for country, home and liberty. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_183
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleFarewell, Mother
ComposerFlanagan, Thos. J.  
LyricistGibbons, Ray  
PublisherThos. J. Flanagan Pub. Co. (Syracuse, NY)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of CopyrightNo copyright registered.
LyricsFarewell Mother Verse: Mother, dear, I must be leaving duty call your boy to go Mother dear, your heart will be grieving for it’s hard to part I know And when we hit the fields of Dover all the news will spread around That your boys had just gone over and they will soon be homeward bound. Refrain: Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you So long, mother, it’s hard to part that’s true Just keep the love light burning until you boy’s returning. Farewell, mother, I hate to say goodbye to you. Verse: Mother dear, I’ll look for brother when we land o’er there by scott And we’ll fight beside each other when the boys go o’er the top And when the bugle calls for vict’ry there’ll be a grand old jubilee Then you can say you’ve done your share dear, for country, home and liberty. Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_183
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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