| Title | The Mother of the Soldier Boy | 
| Alternative title | Ballad | 
| Creators | Hermann L. Schreiner (composer) and Thomas Haynes Bayly (librettist) | 
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voice and piano | 
| Number of movements | 1 | 
| Keys | E flat major | 
| Composed | — | 
| First published | 1864 | 
| Dedication | Miss Georgia Tweedy of Augusta, Ga | 
| Tempo markings | — | 
| Metronome markings | — | 
| Time signatures | — | 
| Average duration (sec) | 120 | 
| Number of measures | — | 
| Composition types | Ballads | 
| Language | English | 
| Period | Romantic | 
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| Code | 
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| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | J.C. Schreiner & Son | — | Complete Score · view | 
| view | Complete | — | Robert A. Hudson | 2017 | Complete Score · view | 
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