I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier / music by Al. Piantadosi lyrics by Alfred Bryan

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/4b6457d47bee9217616f1accf316d1a5

Title

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier / music by Al. Piantadosi lyrics by Alfred Bryan

Creator

Piantadosi, Al, 1884-1955, Composer

Date

circa 1915

Description

For voice and piano
Caption title: Advertising includes musical incipits for There's a little spark of love still burning and On the shores of Italy
A mother's plea for peace --Cover
Teller, Sons & Dorner, New-York
Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son while sitting in a chair in front of a fireplace with her knitting on the table beside her and with scenes of a battle in the space above their heads portrait of 'Chee-Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co.' on cop.1 portrait of Chief Tendehoa on cop.2 portrait of Josephine Davis on cop.3 portrait of Ed Morton on cop.4
Respectfully dedicated to Every Mother--Everywhere --Caption

Subject

Toy, Chee--Portraits
Tendehoa, Chief--Portraits
Morton, Ed--Portraits
Davis, Josephine--Portraits
World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
World War, 1914-1918--Peace--Songs and music
World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion--Songs and music
Soldiers--Family relationships--Songs and music
Mothers--Songs and music
Sons--Songs and music
Fear of death--Songs and music
Popular music--United States--1911-1920
Songs with piano
Mothers--Pictorial works
Sons--Pictorial works
Combat--Pictorial works
Fireplaces--Pictorial works
Hugging--Pictorial works
Tables--Pictorial works
Knitting--Pictorial works
Popular music--1911-1920

Source

Ohio Digital Network

Relation

https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/files/thumbnails/6bfb14c32d1bd05d0cb13f1ad61f4db5.jpg

Type

text
image

References

https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/20155

Date

circa 1915

Source

Ohio Digital Network

Subject

Toy, Chee--Portraits
Tendehoa, Chief--Portraits
Morton, Ed--Portraits
Davis, Josephine--Portraits
World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
World War, 1914-1918--Peace--Songs and music
World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion--Songs and music
Soldiers--Family relationships--Songs and music
Mothers--Songs and music
Sons--Songs and music
Fear of death--Songs and music
Popular music--United States--1911-1920
Songs with piano
Mothers--Pictorial works
Sons--Pictorial works
Combat--Pictorial works
Fireplaces--Pictorial works
Hugging--Pictorial works
Tables--Pictorial works
Knitting--Pictorial works
Popular music--1911-1920

Citation

Piantadosi, Al, 1884-1955, Composer, “I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier / music by Al. Piantadosi lyrics by Alfred Bryan,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/13794.

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