A mother’s plea for peace, 1915. words by Alfred Bryan music by Al Piantadosi
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“I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier
Brought him up to be my pride and joy
Who dares to place a musket on his shoulder
To shoot some other mother’s darling boy?
Let nations arbitrate their future troubles
It’s time to lay the sword and gun away
There’d be no war today, if mothers all would say
“I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier”
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