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Mother, Here's Your Boy!

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"Mother, Here's Your Boy!"
Sheet Music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish and French
Published1918
Composer(s)Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and Theodore Morse

"Mother, Here's Your Boy!" is a World War I song written and composed by Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and Theodore Morse.[1] This song was published in 1918 by Leo. Feist, Inc., in New York, NY. The sheet music cover depicts Uncle Sam presenting a returning soldier to his mother with the Statue of Liberty and ships in the background.[2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 209. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 423–424. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113.
  3. ^ Morse, Theodore F., Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and A. Bollaert. 1918. Mother, here's your boy! = Mere, voici votre enfant! Performing Arts Encyclopedia.OCLC 56843016

Bibliography

  • Music trades. January 1919. Englewood, N.J., etc.: Music Trades Corp.
  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  • The Saturday evening post. Vol. 191. Philadelphia: G. Graham.
  • Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433