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If a Mother's Prayers Are Answered, Then I Know You'll Come Back to Me

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Title
If a Mother's Prayers Are Answered, Then I Know You'll Come Back to Me - Lyrics
Composer
Klickmann, F. Henri  
Lyricist
Armstrong, Paul B.  
Publisher
Frank K. Root & Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Local Identifier
2014_12996_353
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
If a Mother's Prayers Are Answered, Then I Know You'll Come Back to Me
Composer
Klickmann, F. Henri  
Lyricist
Armstrong, Paul B.  
Publisher
Frank K. Root & Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Physical Description
1 score ([1], [2]–[3], [1] p.). Folio.
Type
Musical notation  
Comment
One of a series of wartime songs by Klickmann and Armstrong, this probably was meant to build on their earlier mother-and-child songs: “When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother” and “Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There?”
Historical Note
This song seems to have had little impact: no copyright was registered, and it received no attention in the press, in trade magazines, or in advertisements.
Musical Note
  • A typical mother song and march ballad, with a verse marked “Marcia . . . (with spirit)” and a chorus “in slow march time”, this is almost two different pieces. The verse quotes “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the boys are marching” in both music and lyrics
  • the introduction includes fanfare figures, and introduction and verse both conclude with a rat-a-tat-tat. The chorus, though still in 2/4, resembles a ballad, with chromatic inflections, secondary dominants, and a leap to the climax on the word “know.”
Repository
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Back Cover Description
Advertisement for “Late Patriotic Song Successes”. Four rows of samples: Top row: samples and covers for There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, advertised 1918 01 16) I’m Hitting the Trail to Normandy (© 1917 09 15) Second row: samples for Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10) When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother and She Gives Him To Uncle Sam (© 1917 09 04) Third row: samples for When It Comes to a Lovingless Day (© 1918 01 23) Let the Chimes of Normandy Be Our Wedding Bells (© 1918, advertised 1918 05 15) When the Kaiser Does the Goose-step to a Good Old American Rag (© 1917 10 22) Fourth row: samples and covers for A-M-E-R-I-C-A (© 1917 06 22) Giddy Giddap! Go on, Go on (© 1917 09 04)
Local Identifier
2014_12996_353
Collection Title
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleIf a Mother's Prayers Are Answered, Then I Know You'll Come Back to Me
ComposerKlickmann, F. Henri  
LyricistArmstrong, Paul B.  
PublisherFrank K. Root & Co.  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Physical Description1 score ([1], [2]–[3], [1] p.). Folio.
TypeMusical notation  
CommentOne of a series of wartime songs by Klickmann and Armstrong, this probably was meant to build on their earlier mother-and-child songs: “When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother” and “Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There?”
Historical NoteThis song seems to have had little impact: no copyright was registered, and it received no attention in the press, in trade magazines, or in advertisements.
Musical Note
  • A typical mother song and march ballad, with a verse marked “Marcia . . . (with spirit)” and a chorus “in slow march time”, this is almost two different pieces. The verse quotes “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the boys are marching” in both music and lyrics
  • the introduction includes fanfare figures, and introduction and verse both conclude with a rat-a-tat-tat. The chorus, though still in 2/4, resembles a ballad, with chromatic inflections, secondary dominants, and a leap to the climax on the word “know.”
RepositorySousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsCopyright Undetermined
Back Cover DescriptionAdvertisement for “Late Patriotic Song Successes”. Four rows of samples: Top row: samples and covers for There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, advertised 1918 01 16) I’m Hitting the Trail to Normandy (© 1917 09 15) Second row: samples for Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10) When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother and She Gives Him To Uncle Sam (© 1917 09 04) Third row: samples for When It Comes to a Lovingless Day (© 1918 01 23) Let the Chimes of Normandy Be Our Wedding Bells (© 1918, advertised 1918 05 15) When the Kaiser Does the Goose-step to a Good Old American Rag (© 1917 10 22) Fourth row: samples and covers for A-M-E-R-I-C-A (© 1917 06 22) Giddy Giddap! Go on, Go on (© 1917 09 04)
Local Identifier2014_12996_353
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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