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I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier
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'Id be proud to be the Mother of a Soldier' is a World War I song released in 1915. It was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in New York, New York.Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 263. .
This song, written and composed by Charles A. Bayha, uses what in later years became the classic image of the mother volunteering her son for military service.Kingsbury, Celia M. 'For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front'. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, page 250. .
The sheet music cover reads, "It would be a different story, if they trampled on old glory, I'd be proud to be the mother of a soldier."Bayha, Charles and De Takacs, Andre C, "I'd Be Proud To Be The Mother Of A Soldier" (1915). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 4542. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/4542
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, as well as The University of Maine.Bayha, Charles A, and Takacs A. C. De. "I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier." New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1915. Musical score. Bayha, Charles and De Takacs, Andre C, "I'd Be Proud To Be The Mother Of A Soldier" (1915). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 4542. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/4542
References
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*Bayha, Charles A, and Takacs A. C. De. I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1915. Musical score.
*Gier, Christina. War, Anxiety, and Hope in American Sheet Music, 19141917,Music & Politics V. 7 Issue 1. Winter 2013. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mp/9460447.0007.102/--war-anxiety-and-hope-in-american-sheet-music-19141917?rgn=main;view=fulltext
*Parker, Bernard S. 'World War I Sheet Music 1.' Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. .
*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. .
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