Show fi s A MOTHER WELCOME there will be no blare of trumpets 0 no o sound of martial inertial drums 1 here R 11 be no shout of triumph nhen hen he from the conflict comes there will rill be no great ovation to no bands to play their part Z but there rill be sweetest music aft in his dear old mother mothers s heart tl TI ere rill not be miles of bunting 0 e our da d ell decked w th care and no squids and roman candles N lit fill with their I 1 the air there mill be no long procession ta for our citizens to scan but mother wl ml I 1 tid lid him welcome As 0 ly a mother can there R will III be no demonstration from those who stood not up in the ranks of death and danger and drank war s awful cup there will be no cannonading for guns their sound will cease when mother welcomes to her breast her only son in peace thomas F porter 4 |