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“America Here's My Boy”
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song, “America Here's My Boy.” Andrew B. Sterling wrote the lyrics to the song and Arthur Lange composed the music. The song was published by the Joe Morris Music Company of New York City in 1917. The song is introduced as “the sentiment of every American mother” and talks about a million American mothers ready to offer their sons to serve their country. The cover features an illustration of the United States in the background, and a mother with her son in a soldier’s uniform in the foreground. The cover is signed by André De Takacs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1917
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.101
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.101
- lyricist
- Sterling, Andrew B.
- composer
- Lange, Arthur
- publisher
- Joe Morris Music Company
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Record ID
- nmah_670895
- Usage
- CC0
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