Show Just Folks By Edgar A A. A Guest GuestA A MOTHER TALKS We know a war is on She softly said Our boy has gone You needn't say to us Give all Lest Freedoms Freedom's starry flag shall fall Weve We've given all against such doom Upstairs we have an empty room i We shudder when loud men declare As yet of war were we're not aware To us the danger well is known Our boy is in the battle zone We Ve carry anxious hearts by day And for his safety nightly pray Aware of war Step in and see This home where laughter used to be Gone are the feet which raced v the stair And there is stillness every every- where Give all till victory is won We have Weve We've given the cause a son Men should be careful how they speak Who waits for letters week by week Counts hours and miles and dwells with dread Walks daily round an empty bed Needs no reminding voice to tell That war has come She knows too well Copyright 1942 Edgar A. A Guest |