Mothers of France
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Title | Mothers of France |
Composer | Wood, Leo |
Lyricist | Wood, Leo |
Publisher | Meyer Cohen Music Pub. Co. (Broadway, NY) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-03-23 |
Lyrics | Mothers of France Verse: Kneeling in sorrow I see you there, heartbroken mothers of France, Patiently offering up your pray’r, heartbroken mothers of France. You’ve borne the burden for many a day, now other mother’s sons enter the fray. Refrain: Mothers of France, heartbroken mothers of France, God bless your sons, ev’ryone, for the fighting they have done. They fought as never before, they kept the “hun” from our door, And gave the world a fighting chance, oh, mothers of France, You sonless mothers of France, the world will never forget the debt it owes to you, And ev’ry mother now is praying, and to ev’ry son they’re saying, Go out and fight for the right and the mothers of France. Verse: Don’t think your praying has been in vain, heartbroken mothers of France, All that was yours will be yours again, heartbroken mothers of France. We’ll never stop, let it cost what it may, yours is a debt we can never repay. Refrain |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_434 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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