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'"Cheer Up, Mother"' is a World War I era song released in 1918. Mary Earl composed the music and wrote the lyrics. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. of New York, New York published the song. Artist Albert Wilfred Barbelle designed the sheet music cover. It features a mother saying good-bye to her soldier son. It was written for both voice and piano.

In the song, a son is comforting his mother before he heads off to war. The chorus is as follows:

:'"Cheer up, mother, smile and don't be sighing'

:'Dry the teardrop in your eye;'

:'We'll come back with colors flying'

:'After the war clouds roll by,'

:'Homeward bound then'

:'We'll come sailing, mother.'

:'We will win out, never fear;'

:'Dad came home from fields of glory,'

:'Maybe I'll repeat his story,'

:'So cheer up, mother dear."'

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

References



Category:Songs about mothers

Category:Songs about parting

Category:Songs about soldiers

Category:1918 songs

Category:Songs of World War I

Category:Songs written by Robert A. King (composer)


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