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'God bless my Daddy who's away.'
A British sentimental postcard.
Sprays of forget-me-nots frame the poem, by ‘W.E.M’, that has been printed on the front of this postcard. Headed ‘God bless my Daddy who’s away’, it reads: ‘God bless my daddy who’s away / Across the silver sea, / Fighting in the cause of Right, / For Home, and Mum and me, / Please God, take care of daddy dear, / Through sunshine and through rain, / And wipe away poor Mummy’s tear, / And send him …
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-11-12 15:13:40 UTC
- 2014-11-12
- 2014-11-12
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/18230
- 18230
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:44:59.407Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z