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Mother Pays It All

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Title
Mother Pays It All - Lyrics
Composer
Clancy, George  
Lyricist
Clancy, George  
Publisher
The Bell Music Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Lyrics
  • Mother Pays It All Verse: There’s a vacant chair beside the daily table, left by the boy who went away to war
  • There’s a mother old but glad that she was able to give him for the cause he’s fighting for. There’s his picture that is hanging in her bedroom, ev’ry night when twilight shades begin to creep, Then her thoughts they wander over to the trenches, as she prays to God that his dear soul he’ll keep. Refrain: No one knows how much she suffers, on her face there is a smile, To hide the heart that’s breaking for her loved one all the while, And now the war is over, credit will on gen’rals fall, But the price at stake for freedom’s sake, the mother pays it all. Verse: See her waiting by the window for a letter, from the boy who was so proud to shoulder arms
  • For a line from him will make that sad heart better, to know her boy is well and safe from harm. See the postman he has handed her a message, she reads it all with just a single glance, All it says your boy has surely done his dut
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 17, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_428
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Mother Pays It All
Composer
Clancy, George  
Lyricist
Clancy, George  
Publisher
The Bell Music Publishing Co.  
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-11-04
Lyrics
  • For a line from him will make that sad heart better, to know her boy is well and safe from harm. See the postman he has handed her a message, she reads it all with just a single glance, All it says your boy has surely done his dut
  • There’s a mother old but glad that she was able to give him for the cause he’s fighting for. There’s his picture that is hanging in her bedroom, ev’ry night when twilight shades begin to creep, Then her thoughts they wander over to the trenches, as she prays to God that his dear soul he’ll keep. Refrain: No one knows how much she suffers, on her face there is a smile, To hide the heart that’s breaking for her loved one all the while, And now the war is over, credit will on gen’rals fall, But the price at stake for freedom’s sake, the mother pays it all. Verse: See her waiting by the window for a letter, from the boy who was so proud to shoulder arms
  • Mother Pays It All Verse: There’s a vacant chair beside the daily table, left by the boy who went away to war
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_428
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleMother Pays It All
ComposerClancy, George  
LyricistClancy, George  
PublisherThe Bell Music Publishing Co.  
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-11-04
Lyrics
  • For a line from him will make that sad heart better, to know her boy is well and safe from harm. See the postman he has handed her a message, she reads it all with just a single glance, All it says your boy has surely done his dut
  • There’s a mother old but glad that she was able to give him for the cause he’s fighting for. There’s his picture that is hanging in her bedroom, ev’ry night when twilight shades begin to creep, Then her thoughts they wander over to the trenches, as she prays to God that his dear soul he’ll keep. Refrain: No one knows how much she suffers, on her face there is a smile, To hide the heart that’s breaking for her loved one all the while, And now the war is over, credit will on gen’rals fall, But the price at stake for freedom’s sake, the mother pays it all. Verse: See her waiting by the window for a letter, from the boy who was so proud to shoulder arms
  • Mother Pays It All Verse: There’s a vacant chair beside the daily table, left by the boy who went away to war
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_428
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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