WW1 1914 Canadian patriotic music sheet ‘The Call of The Motherland’

$20.00 CAD

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Early WW1 patriotic song appealing to ties between Canada and England.

             THE CALL OF THE MOTHERLAND
                                Patriotic Song
            Words and Music by EDWARD W. MILLER
The Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers’ Association Toronto

 

List of leading vocalists who sing the song.

Name of owner written twice at top “Blanche Graham”.

Stamp at bottom identifying where it was bought ‘Victrola Dept. 3rd Floor Cressman Co, Ltd

Also along with the sheet is a newpaper clipping from the Toronto Sunday World with chorus and music for thus song, “…which has made a great hit wherever sung…

“There’s a humming on the cable, there’s a whisper in the air, There’s a message stirring each Canadian heart, Once more old England’s calling as she bids her sons prepare, To save the world and play a Briton’s part; But Canada no longer stands and watches from afar…

Back cover has snippets of music and lyrics or 6 other patriotic songs: ‘We are coming, Mother England’, ‘A song of the Empire’.etc…

6 pages, 4 pages of the main song

Crease LR front cover, some light smudges and toning

 

34.5 x 26.5 cm