Mother Britain and her children

This song offered a version of the Mother Britain theme, envisioning Great Britain as an elderly dowager with "many sons and daughters / Scattered far across the waters" who would come to her aid in time of war.

She’s a Dear Old Lady, words and music by Arthur Ostler (Hamilton: Thomas Anderson, 1915)

Dear Old Lady.pdf (1.98 MB)
sheet music, 6 pages, 26.2cm x 34.5cm
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War