For Posterity's Sake Genealogy 

The Mother of a Soldier

From the Pictou Advocate 18 May 1900

The mother of a soldier - she gave him to her land:
She saw him on the transport as he waved his sun-browned hand;
She kissed him through the tear drops and she told him to be brave;
Her payers went night and morning with her boy upon the wave.

The mother of a soldier - her comfort and her joy,
She gave her dearest treasure when she gave her eldest boy;
She saw the banners waving, she heard the people cheer;
She clasped her hands and bravely looked away to hide a tear.

The mother of a soldier - Ah! cheer the hero deed,
And cheer the brave who battle'neath the banner of their creed;
But don't forget the mothers, through all the lonely years,
That fight the bravest battles on the sunless fields of tears.

Nay don't forget the mothers - the mothers of the men,
Who see them go and never know that they'll come back again;
That give them to their country, to battle and to die,
Because the bugle calls them and the Empire's banner flies.