If I'm not at the roll call (kiss Mother good-bye for me) / by George L. Boyden
| Title | If I'm not at the roll call (kiss Mother good-bye for me) / by George L. Boyden |
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| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music |
| Soldiers -- Songs and music | |
| Mothers -- Songs and music | |
| Death -- Songs and music | |
| Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920 | |
| Songs with piano | |
| Soldiers -- Pictorial works | |
| Trenches -- Pictorial works | |
| Barbed wire -- Pictorial works | |
| Fences -- Pictorial works | |
| Mothers -- Pictorial works | |
| Popular music -- 1911-1920 | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title: Advertising includes musical incipit for God spare our boys over there | |
| To co-operate with the Government and to conserve paper during the war, this song is issued in a smaller size than usual. Save! Save! Save is the watchword to-day. This is the spirit in which we are working and your co-operation will be very much appreciated --Cover | |
| Cover illustration: Soldiers with guns and bayonnets in a trench with barbed wire fences around and above them is the image of a soldier embracing his mother / E. Pfeiffer | |
| Creator | Boyden, George L., 1878-1942, Composer. |
| Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Publisher | New York : Leo. Feist |
| Date | circa 1918 |
| Contributor | Pfeiffer, E. H, Illustrator. |
| Leo Feist, Inc, Publisher. | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 05225a |
| 3956-2 Leo Feist Inc | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/20200 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: 'Twas just before the battle boys;First line of chorus: If I am not at the roll-call after the fighting is done |
| Date Modified | 2017-03-09 |
| References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2910964~S9 |
VERSE 01: ‘Twas just before the battle, boys,/That day I’ll ne’er forget,/A lad beside me in the trench as brave as I have met;/Tho’ death was near, he had no fear,/’Twas very plain to see,/For just before the battle charge,/He smilingly said to me: CHORUS: “If I am not at the roll call,/After the fighting is done,/Won’t you be kind to my mother,/Just for her soldier son?/Tell her I know how she loves me,/And prays for me constantly,/May angels attend her,/Brave comrade befriend her,/And kiss her goodbye for me.” VERSE 02: We all felt glad our little lad,/Came thru the fight all right,/His courage in the battle gave us help to win the fight,/It made his dear old mother’s heart,/As proud as it could be;/I wrote and told her just the words,/Her brave boy had said to me: | |
| Original Format | 1 score (3 p.) 27 cm |
