Image Title

:  Break the news to mother / words and music by Chas. K. Harris.

Alternate Title(s)

: Just break the news to mother, she knows how dear I love her. [first line of chorus] Title 2.) While the shot and shell were screaming upon the battle field. [first line]

Creator(s)

: Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell), 1864-1930 -- Composer
Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell), 1864-1930 -- Lyricist

Additional Name(s)

: Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss -- Owner
Barry, Lydia, d. 1932 -- Singer
Clauder, Jos. (Joseph), 1853-1913 -- Arranger

Published Date

: [c1897]

Specific Material Type

: music

Item Physical Description

: 1 score (8 p.) ; 35 cm.

Notes

: Cover includes drawn illustrations depicting a group of soldiers welcoming a recruit; soldiers examing the dead soldiers; a solder breaking the news to the soldier's mother. Background of cover includes a United States flag and rifle; illustration belows shows recruit carrying the flag as he is wounded. Note 2.) On cover: Sung with great success by Lydia Barry. Cover includes photograph of Lydia Barry. Note 3.) Signature of former owner on cover at top right: Hazel Hotchkiss, Healdsburg, [California]. Note 4.) Summary: During a military battle, the captain notes that the flag has fallen and asks for a volunteer to raise it; a young recruit volunteers and raises it but is shot, and his dying words are for others to remember him to his mother, and give his love to her.

Source

: American popular songs. / Sheet music, 1897

Location

: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division

Digital ID

: 1165449

Record ID

: 464394

Digital Item Published

: 4-27-2010; updated 3-25-2011