Take this message to my mother

words by Corp. W.H. Goodfellow ; music by C.W. MacDonald. Caption title. First line: Ev'ry brave and noble soldier has a mother who gives him love and strength like no other. Chorus: Ev'ry thought of mother is music to his ear. Cover illustration: soldier on the battlefield with a wound to his head thinking about when he was a child in his mother's arms. Publisher's advertisement on p.[4]: "Yankee Doodle's in the fight to stay" with a facsimile of music. Printed in blue. Not in Vogel.

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Original record: Take this message to my mother
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1911 – 1920
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Goodfellow, W. H. (lyricist)
Macdonald, C. W. (composer)
Subject(s): Mothers
Popular music
Sheet Music
Soldiers
Songs and music
United States
World War, 1914-1918
Type: notated music

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