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I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier

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"I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier"
Sheet Music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1915
Songwriter(s)Charles A. Bayha

I’d be proud to be the Mother of a Soldier is a World War I song released in 1915. It was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in New York, New York.[1][2]

This song, written and composed by Charles A. Bayha, uses what in later years became the classic image of the mother volunteering her son for military service.[3]

The sheet music cover reads, "It would be a different story, if they trampled on old glory, I'd be proud to be the mother of a soldier."[4]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, as well as The University of Maine.[5][6]

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  1. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113
  2. ^ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 191. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  3. ^ Kingsbury, Celia M. For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, page 250. ISBN 978-0-8032-2474-2. OCLC 457150706
  4. ^ Bayha, Charles and De Takacs, Andre C, "I'd Be Proud To Be The Mother Of A Soldier" (1915). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 4542. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/4542
  5. ^ Bayha, Charles A, and Takacs A. C. De. "I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier." New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1915. Musical score. OCLC 52426392
  6. ^ Bayha, Charles and De Takacs, Andre C, "I'd Be Proud To Be The Mother Of A Soldier" (1915). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 4542. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/4542

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