
“Fathers’ Lullabies” and Other Songs About Maternal Mortality, 1865–1940
Songs about life after the death of a mother in childbirth were once extremely popular. Now long forgotten, the tales they tell are worth hearing.
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Songs about life after the death of a mother in childbirth were once extremely popular. Now long forgotten, the tales they tell are worth hearing.

In the annals of songs that have been banned in the United States, no one would expect to find one of Carrie Jacobs-Bond’s songs.

During WWI, no song was more beloved of Allied troops, no song was more ingrained in the popular cultures of the U.S. and U.K.

Carrie Jacobs Bond’s world-wide hit, “A Perfect Day” (1910), was one of the most purchased, most sung, and most parodied songs for decades.