I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/50c90d96f8dc90eaf53d6da63f1d020a

Title

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

Date

1915

Description

Copyright 1915
music by Al. Piantadosi
lyrics by Alfred Bryan.
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
includes photo of Will J. Ward / Starmer.
"Respectfully dedicated to Every Mother--Everywhere"--Caption.
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Subject

Ward, Will J
World War (1914-1918)
Peace
Soldiers--Family relationships
Mothers
Sons
Fear of death
Combat
Fireplaces
Hugging
Tables
Knitting
United States

Source

Missouri Hub

Language

English

Relation

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umkc/islandora/object/umkc%3A22303/datastream/TN/view/I%20didn%27t%20raise%20my%20boy%20to%20be%20a%20soldier.jpg

References

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umkc/islandora/object/umkc:22303

Source

Missouri Hub

Subject

Ward, Will J
World War (1914-1918)
Peace
Soldiers--Family relationships
Mothers
Sons
Fear of death
Combat
Fireplaces
Hugging
Tables
Knitting
United States

Citation

“I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/13806.

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