War Babies 1916 Al Jolson

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 19 Feb 2003

Forsaken, alone,
amid tumbled down stone,
in the dust of what once was a home,
two little tots lay,
as the close of the day
cast its shadow o'er Heaven's blue dome,
from afar in the gloom
came the cannon's dull boom,
the roar of its shells filled the air,
and it lulled them to rest
tightly held to the breast
of the mother who died for them there:

Little war babies,
our hearts ache for you,
where will you go to,
and what will you do?
Into a world full of sorrow you came,
homeless, and helpless,
no one knows your name,
gone is the mother love,
tender and true,
gone is your dear daddy, too,
but you'll share in the joys
of our own girls and boys,
War Babies, we'll take care of you.

Little war babies,
our hearts ache for you,
where will you go to,
and what will you do?
Into a world full of sorrow you came,
homeless, and helpless,
no one knows your name,
gone is the mother love,
tender and true,
gone is your dear daddy, too,
but you'll share in the joys
of our own girls and boys,
War Babies, we'll take care of you.

While sitting some night
by your fireside bright,
with the children you love and adore,
just let your thoughts roam
to that tumbled down home,
that once stood in the pathway of war,
as the vision appears,
you can see thru your tears
the two little tots all alone,
will you wait till they plead
for the things that they need?
Just suppose those two babes
were your own:

Little war babies,
our hearts ache for you,
where will you go to,
and what will you do?
Into a world full of sorrow you came,
homeless, and helpless,
no one knows your name,
gone is the mother love,
tender and true,
gone is your dear daddy, too,
but you'll share in the joys
of our own girls and boys,
War Babies, we'll take care of you.

Little war babies,
our hearts ache for you,
where will you go to,
and what will you do?
Into a world full of sorrow you came,
homeless, and helpless,
no one knows your name,
gone is the mother love,
tender and true,
gone is your dear daddy, too,
but you'll share in the joys
of our own girls and boys,
War Babies, we'll take care of you.

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War Babies 1916 Al Jolson
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Edward Madden
copyright MCMXVI by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co.Inc.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 19 February 2003 at 08.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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first introduced by Al Jolson in Messrs. Shubert's
Big Winter Garden Production
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