Mother is the battle over?

Denck, Jos. Hart

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Civil War sheet music associated with the Confederate side. Two pages of the ballad consist of notated music and lyrics. The speaker of the song is the son of a Southern soldier. In the first two verses, the son asks his mother when or if his father is coming home. In the last verse, the widow replies and confirms that her husband is dead.

Denck, Jos. Hart

Library of Congress

Geo. Dunn & Compy.

undated

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Is Part Of Civil War Sheet Music Collection, The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America, Performing Arts Encyclopedia

Notated Music

3 pages

English

Text

Still Image

M1642.D

https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200002367.0?st=gallery

Confederate States of America

Richmond (Va.)

1861-1865

Sheet Music