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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
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Record Series 12/9/96
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_432
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
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
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_432
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
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
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 10
Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_432
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986