A Mother's Prayer For Her Boy Out There
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Title | A Mother's Prayer For Her Boy Out There |
Composer | Lange, Arthur |
Lyricist | Sterling, Andrew B. |
Publisher | Joe Morris Music Co. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-03-12 |
Lyrics | A Mother’s Prayer For Her Boy Out There Verse: Beside a vacant chair she’s kneeling, when the lights are burning low, Way down in her heart the feeling, that only a mother can know. And in the peaceful silence, by the vacant chair, she softly says her evening pray’r. Refrain: Just a little pray’r, when shades are stealing, just a little pray’r, a voice appealing, To a baby’s shoe clinging, while the Angelus is ringing, Come the words that start, from an aching heart, “May angels guard him tenderly, tonight, and send my baby back to me.” That’s a mother’s pray’r for her boy “out there.” Verse: “My country needs me now,” he told her, “Mother darling I must go.” Tho’ he’s fighting like a soldier, he’s only “her baby” you know, And while her tears are falling, by the vacant chair, she softly says her evening pray’r. Refrain |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_432 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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