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Go, my boy, where duty calls you.
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Title
Go, my boy, where duty calls you.
Alternative Title
Other
title
:
Mother
,
can
I
go
?
Subject
Broadsides--United States--19th century.
Songs--United States--19th century--Texts.
Popular music--United States--19th century--Texts.
Mothers of soldiers--Songs and music--Texts.
Duty--Songs and music--Texts.
Loyalty--Songs and music--Texts.
Faith--Songs and music--Texts.
Description
First
line
:
Go
,
my
boy
, and
Heaven
bless
you
!
I
have
read
each
precious
line.
;
Without
music.
;
Red
&
blue-inked
woodcut
vignette
of a
water-floating
sphere
,
inscribed
Our
Country
, with an
American
flag
atop
,
beneath
title.
; "An
Answer
To '
Mother
,
Can
I
Go?
'
Published
In '
Harpers
Weekly
' of
March
22"--Beneath
illustration.
;
Text
of
song
sheet
,
printed
in
blue
, in
double
columns
,
within
red
decorative
border
, in
six
eight-line
stanzas.
; At
foot
of
song
sheet
: "
Printed
at the
Corner
of
Centre
and
White
Streets
,
N.Y.
"
Publisher
publisher
not
identified
Format-Extent
1
broadside
(1
item
on
1
sheet)
:
color
illustrations
;
approximately
25
x
16
cm
Type
Text
Language
eng
Relation
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder18/JPEGmed/3203brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60770623/viewonline
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.
All
original
song
broadsides
are in the
public
domain
. The
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is
responsible
for
all
copyright
compliance
.
Date-Issued
1862
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