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Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'
Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'

Set of three 1915 U.S. anti-war sheet music ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier'

$65.00 CAD

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Three songs sheet with great cover image of old woman hugging son in front of fireplace, while in background troops marching on to battlefield, artillery booming.

WW1 was in progress, and the United States was not yet committed. This was one of the first anti-war songs.

This was a popular song sheet and came in multiple versions. While they all had the same basic cover background, inside the ‘photo frame’ were different photos. Here, the three sheets  are: #1 ‘Ed Morton’, #2 Parillo & Frabito” and #3 ‘American Comedy Four’. Also, for #2 & #3, a banner is added at the top ‘A Mother’s Plea for Peace’.

Ed. Morton’s Sensational Anti-War Song Hit
I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER
 
Lyrics by Alfred Bryan
Music by Al. Piantadosi
 
Leo Feist  New York
 

The illustrator logo is a “Rosebud” on the lower left.

"Ten million soldiers to the war have gone, Who may never return again. Ten million mothers’ hearts must break for the ones who died in vain…"

Advertising on back cover for #1 ‘As advertised in The Saturday Evening Post…I’ve Only One Idea about the Girls and That’s…Aba Daba Honey Moon…”. Advertising on #2 & #3 ‘Two New Song Hits for the New Year as advertised in The Saturday Evening Post…There’s a Little Spark of Love Still Burning…On the Shores of Italy”.

#1 has tape on spine, writing on front cover, small tears and staining on edges. #3 has vertical crease on front cover. #2 & #3 small creases. #3 stain at top of front cover and small tears top border.

Inside paper toned. Small tears along spine.

6 pages

13 ⅝” x 10 ½”

"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" is an American anti-war song that was influential within the pacifist movement that existed in the United States before it entered World War I. It is one of the first anti-war songs. Lyricist Alfred Bryan collaborated with composer Al Piantadosi in writing the song, which inspired a sequel, some imitations, but also a number of scornful parodies. It was a hit in 1915, selling 650,000 copies. Its expression of popular pacifist sentiment "helped make the pacifist movement a hard, quantifiable political reality to be reckoned with."

"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" helped solidify the anti-war movement enough to make it politically relevant on the national stage. The song was in the top 20 charts from January to July 1915 and reached number 1 in March and April

WIKIPEDIA

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