Released 1918 | Writer(s) Mary Earl | |
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Label Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. | ||
"Cheer Up, Mother" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Mary Earl composed the music and wrote the lyrics. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. of New York, New York published the song. Artist Albert Wilfred Barbelle designed the sheet music cover. It features a mother saying good-bye to her soldier son. It was written for both voice and piano.
In the song, a son is comforting his mother before he heads off to war. The chorus is as follows:
"Cheer up, mother, smile and don't be sighingDry the teardrop in your eye;We'll come back with colors flyingAfter the war clouds roll by,Homeward bound thenWe'll come sailing, mother.We will win out, never fear;Dad came home from fields of glory,Maybe I'll repeat his story,So cheer up, mother dear."The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
References
Cheer Up, Mother Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA