A British sentimental postcard entitled 'God bless my Daddy who's away'.

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 A card with a drawing of a sprig of small blue flowers and green leaves tied with a pink ribbon across the uper left corner, and a sprig of the same blue flowers and green leaves in the lower right corner. 

GOD BLESS MY

DADDY WHO'S AWAY


GOD BLESS MY DADDY WHO'S AWAY

ACROSS THE SILVER SEA,

FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT;

FOR HOME; AND MUM AND ME,

PLEASE GOD; TAKE

CARE OF DADDY DEAR,

THROUGH SUNSHINE AND THROUGH RAIN,

AND WIPE AWAY POOR

MUMMY'S TEAR;

AND SEND HIM HOME AGAIN

 

W-E-M

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 A card with a drawing of a sprig of small blue flowers and green leaves tied with a pink ribbon across the uper left corner, and a sprig of the same blue flowers and green leaves in the lower right corner. 

GOD BLESS MY

DADDY WHO'S AWAY


GOD BLESS MY DADDY WHO'S AWAY

ACROSS THE SILVER SEA,

FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT;

FOR HOME; AND MUM AND ME,

PLEASE GOD; TAKE

CARE OF DADDY DEAR,

THROUGH SUNSHINE AND THROUGH RAIN,

AND WIPE AWAY POOR

MUMMY'S TEAR;

AND SEND HIM HOME AGAIN

 

W-E-M


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  • March 23, 2017 03:19:25 Cheryl Ellsworth

     A card with a drawing of a sprig of small blue flowers and green leaves tied with a pink ribbon across the uper left corner, and a sprig of the same blue flowers and green leaves in the lower right corner. 

    GOD BLESS MY

    DADDY WHO'S AWAY


    GOD BLESS MY DADDY WHO'S AWAY

    ACROSS THE SILVER SEA,

    FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT;

    FOR HOME; AND MUM AND ME,

    PLEASE GOD; TAKE

    CARE OF DADDY DEAR,

    THROUGH SUNSHINE AND THROUGH RAIN,

    AND WIPE AWAY POOR

    MUMMY'S TEAR;

    AND SEND HIM HOME AGAIN

     

    W-E-M

  • March 23, 2017 03:18:52 Cheryl Ellsworth

     A card with a drawing of a sprig of small blue flowers and green leaves tied with a pink ribbon across the uper left corner, and a sprig of the same blue flowers and green leaves in the lower right corner. 

    GOD BLESS MY

    DADDY WHO'S AWAY


    GOD BLESS MY DADDY WHO'S AWAY

    ACROSS THE SILVER SEA,

    FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT;

    FOR HOME; AND MUM AND ME,

    PLEASE GOD; TAKE

    CARE OF DADDY DEAR,

    THROUGH SUNSHINE AND THROUGH RAIN,

    AND WIPE AWAY POOR

    MUMMY'S TEAR;

    AND SEND HIM HOME AGAIN

    W-E-M


  • March 22, 2017 11:24:49 Ylva Berglund Prytz

    God bless my

    Daddy who’s away


    God bless my Daddy who’s away

    Across the silver sea;

    Fighting in the cause of Right;

    For Home; and Mum and me;

    Please God, take

    care of daddy dear;

    Through sunshine and through rain;

    And wipe away poor

    Mummy’s tear;

    And send him home again

    W E M


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    Contributor
    The Army Children Archive
    License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


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