Break the news to mother Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Break The News to Mother” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover depicts a battle scene with a young soldier, dying, cradled in the arms of a veteran soldier, while two other soldiers look on and several bodies lie on the ground behind. Chorus lyrics are depicted: “Just break the news to mother, She knows how dear I love her, And tell her not to wait for me, For I am not coming home, Just say there is no other, Can take the place of mother, Then kiss her dear, sweet lips for me, And break the news to her.” No date