I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER

Ten mil - lion sol-diers to the war have gone 
who may nev - er re-turn a - gain.____
Ten mil - lion moth - er's hearts 
must break for the ones who died in vain_____
Head bowed down in sor - row in her lone - ly years,
I heard a moth - er mur - mer through her tears:_______

"I did -n't raise my boy to be a sol - dier,
I brought him up to be my pride and joy.____
Who dares to place a mus - ket on his shoul - der
to shoot some oth - er moth -er's dar - ling boy?"

Let na - tions ar - bi - trate their fu-ture trou - bles.
It's time to lay the sword and gun a - way.___
There'd be no war to - day if moth - ers all would say,
"I did -n't raise my boy to be a sol - dier"

What vic - tor - y can cheer a moth - er's heart
when she looks at her blight - ed home?______
What vic - tor - y can bring her back 
all she cared to call her own?__________

Let each moth - er an - swer in the year to be,
"Re - mem - ber that my boy be - longs to me!"___

"I did -n't raise my boy to be a sol - dier,
I brought him up to be my pride and joy.____
Who dares to place a mus - ket on his shoul - der
to shoot some oth - er moth -er's dar - ling boy?"

Let na - tions ar - bi - trate their fu-ture trou - bles.
It's time to lay the sword and gun a - way.___
There'd be no war to - day if moth - ers all would say,
"I did -n't raise my boy to be a sol - dier"