War Brides 1916

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 26 Feb 2003

On the foreign shore,
where the cannons roar,
and the bugles loudly blow,
where the cost of strife
is the loss of life,
while the heroes fight the foe,
for each one that falls
there's a voice that calls:
"I'll be waiting for you here,"
when the war is thru
there is someone who
will be glad to bring you cheer:

War Brides are waiting
with hearts that are kind,
waiting to care
for the wounded and blind,
Sisters of Mercy
to brothers who roam,
longing to take you
and make you a home,
Nurse to the worst
curse the world ever knew,
say who can pay her
the price that is due?
So let ev'ry nation
teach each new generation
to remember the War Bride, too.

War Brides are waiting
with hearts that are kind,
waiting to care
for the wounded and blind,
Sisters of Mercy
to brothers who roam,
longing to take you
and make you a home,
Nurse to the worst
curse the world ever knew,
say who can pay her
the price that is due?
So let ev'ry nation
teach each new generation
to remember the War Bride, too.

When the war drums cease,
and the Dove of Peace
watches o'er the whole wide world,
when we bid "goodbye"
to the battle cry,
and the flags of war are furled,
ev'ry one they save
from an early grave,
while the battles madly rage,
will be glad to claim
the the War Bride's name
should go down on Hist'ry's page:

War Brides are waiting
with hearts that are kind,
waiting to care
for the wounded and blind,
Sisters of Mercy
to brothers who roam,
longing to take you
and make you a home,
Nurse to the worst
curse the world ever knew,
say who can pay her
the price that is due?
So let ev'ry nation
teach each new generation
to remember the War Bride, too.

War Brides are waiting
with hearts that are kind,
waiting to care
for the wounded and blind,
Sisters of Mercy
to brothers who roam,
longing to take you
and make you a home,
Nurse to the worst
curse the world ever knew,
say who can pay her
the price that is due?
So let ev'ry nation
teach each new generation
to remember the War Bride, too.

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War Brides 1916
by John C. Calhoun
copyright MCMXVI by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co.Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 26 February 2003 at 23.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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Suggested by Herbert Brenon's Photodrama
starring 'Nazimova' in Selznick Pictures
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