Sheet music by Charles K. Harris titled "Break the News to Mother." From cover: "This song was originally published in 1897 during the Spanish-American War, when it was virtually taken up and sung by the entire nation. This publication is actually from the WWI-era, but the cover mentions that the "song remains unchanged with the exception of the title page." To see a full-text scan of this piece, cut and paste this url into your browser: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1178&context=dlsc_kl_non_mat