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//**​**////**We Must Fight!!!!**//  Dear Congress,  I've weighed out the options and thought deeply about whether I made the right choice or not. As much as I tried to avoid war, we can't. There is no doubt that I wish we did not have to fight, but unfortunately if we don’t we all could be destroyed. The Germans will attack and we must be ready. We can't let them sink another one of our ships like they did with the Lusitania in 1915. The Germans already tried to discretely ask the Mexicans to fight against us. Luckily, we intercepted the Zimmerman note and have the chance to take the lead in battle. We must take advantage of this and get prepared quickly. If not, the Germans and Mexicans will attack and destroy the allies and America. We could use all the help we can get to fight. Which is why we must send our husbands and sons off to war. I agree how dangerous this can be but we have no other choice. Please consider the fact that we are in danger and need our young men to serve for our country. 

//__I Didn't Raise My Son To Be A Soldier__//
I didn't raise my son to be a soldier
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> I raised him up to be my pride and joy > Why should he put a musket to his shoulder > To kill another mother's darling boy > Why should he fight in someone else's quarrels > It's time to throw the sword and gun away > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">There would be no war today > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">If the nations all would say > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">No I didn't raise my son to be a soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I didn't raise my son to be a soldier

> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">To go fighting in some far-off foreign land > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">He may get killed before he's any older > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For a cause that he will never understand > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Why should he fight another rich man's battle > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">While they stay at home and while their time away > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Let those with most to lose > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Fight each other if they choose > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I didn't raise my son to be a soldier

> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">To go fighting heathens round the Horn > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">If God required to prove that boys are bolder > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">They'd have uniforms and guns when they were born > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Why should we have wars about religion > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">When Jesus came to teach us not to kill > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Do Zulus and Hindoos > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Not have the right to choose > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I didn't raise my son to be a soldier

> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I raised him up to be a gentleman > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">To find a sweet young girl and love and hold her > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Bring me some grandchildren when they can > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Why can't we decide that the Empire > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Is just as large as it requires to be > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And I'd rather lose it all > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Than to see my laddie fall > <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Repeat 1 (as sung by Hamish Imlach) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This song, __I Didn’t Raise My Son To Be A Soldier__ was created to show the feelings mothers had about their sons going to war. Mothers would do anything to keep their sons out of war. They wanted them to live a long and happy life with a wife and kids. They don’t want their sons to get shot or to shoot another mother’s son. We will lose many due to their mother’s worry. Fewer sons will be able to fight and the Germans will have a better chance at defeating us as Americans.

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