"Cheer Up, Mother" | |
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Released | 1918 |
Label | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. |
Songwriter(s) | Mary Earl |
"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:
The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.