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Cover Illustration

At the bottom men are in battle and in different places on the cover there are clippings of different pictures. First clipping is of a soldiers shaking hands, second clipping is of a man riding a horse and the third clipping is of a man talking to a woman who is sitting in a chair.

First Line of Song

While the shot and shell were screaming upon the battle field…

First Line of Chorus

Just break the news to mother, She knows how dear I love her And tell her not to wait for me For I'm not coming home…

Lyricist

Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell), 1864-1931

Arranger

Clauder, Jos. (Joseph), 1853-1914

Publication Date

1897

Publisher

Chas. K. Harris New York, NY

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

War Songs

Object Type

text

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278011454166

Digital ID#

011454166-1897

Location of Original

Box 74, Folder 1;

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Break The News To Mother

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