I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

[struggle4progress]

... I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier
I brought him up to be my pride and joy
Who dares to place a musket on his shoulder
to shoot some other mother's darling boy?
Let nation's arbitrate their future trouble
It's time to lay the sword and gun away
There'd be no war today
if mothers all would say
'I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier!' ...