"Cheer Up, Mother" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Mary Earl composed the music and wrote the lyrics.[1] 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.[2] It was written for both voice and piano.[3][4][5]
| "Cheer Up, Mother" | |
|---|---|
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| Song | |
| Released | 1918 |
| Label | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. |
| Songwriter(s) | Mary Earl |
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.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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. pp. 162, 303. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
- ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
- ^ "Cheer up, mother". University of South Carolina Digital Collections. University of South Carolina. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "JScholarship". JScholarship. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Cheer up, mother". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Cheer up, mother. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 24838498. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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