Mother, Here's Your Boy! Explained

Mother, Here's Your Boy!
Cover:	MotherHeresYourBoy.jpg
Caption:	Sheet Music cover
Language:	English and French
Published:	1918
Composer:	Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and Theodore Morse

"Mother, Here's Your Boy!" is a World War I song written and composed by Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and Theodore Morse.^[1] This song was published in 1918 by Leo. Feist, Inc., in New York, NY.The sheet music cover depicts Uncle Sam presenting a returning soldier to his mother with the Statue of Liberty and ships in the background.^[2]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.^[3]

Bibliography

• Music trades. January 1919. Englewood, N.J., etc.: Music Trades Corp.
• Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. .
• The Saturday evening post. Vol. 191. Philadelphia: G. Graham.
• Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. .

Notes and References

1. Book: 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. . 209. 0-89950-952-5. 32241433.
2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music 1. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 423–424 . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
3. Morse, Theodore F., Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and A. Bollaert. 1918. Mother, here's your boy! = Mere, voici votre enfant! Performing Arts Encyclopedia.