The song of the soldier boy / words by May Arkwright Hutton ; music "Just before the battle mother" by G.F. Root.

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Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895. 2000. “The Song of the Soldier Boy Words by May Arkwright Hutton ; Music ‘Just before the Battle Mother’ by G.F. Root”. Spokane, Wash. : May Arkwright Hutton, World War I Sheet Music, accessed April 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/wwimusic/item/36366

Title: The song of the soldier boy / words by May Arkwright Hutton ; music "Just before the battle mother" by G.F. Root.
Description: Song for mixed voices (SATB).; T.p. ill.: drawing of flowers and George Washington and inset photograph of May Arkwright Hutton.; "The inspiration to write this song was engendered by pity for the sorrow of the Mothers who have born sons for the slaughter. -- May Arkwright Hutton" -- p. [5].
Subject: Topical -- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied.; Topical -- Popular music, United States.; Topical -- World War, 1914-1918, Songs and music.; Added entry -- Person -- Hutton, May Arkwright.; Publisher -- Hutton, May Awkright.
Creator: Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895.
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : May Arkwright Hutton
Date: c1915
Format: 1 close score ([4] p.) : ill. ; 33 cm.
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Item sets: World War I Sheet Music

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