A British sentimental postcard. || Entitled ‘GOD BLESS MY SOLDIER DADDY (4).’, this postcard is the fourth and last in a series produced, as the text on the back informs us, by ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’, further details being ‘“SONGS” SERIES. NO. 4875/4.’ and ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’. More small print on the front states, ‘BAMFORTH COPYRIGHT.’ and ‘BY KIND PERMISSION OF E. MARKS & SONS, E.C.’. The front of the postcard is divided in half. Depicted on the left-hand side is an apprehensive-looking mother embracing her daughter. The verse below them reads, ‘So don’t keep on crying, dear Mammy, / Cheer up, and keep a brave heart, / For Daddy will soon be returning, / And then we shall never part.’. On the right-hand side, mother and daughter have been joined by a soldier – the girl’s father – and all are looking happy to be together again. The verse below tells the tale: ‘At last war was over, and Daddy came home, / And happiness reigned once again, / The little girl sat on her Daddy’s knee–– / She knew she had not prayed in vain.’. || || A British sentimental postcard, the last in a series of four. || Postcard

A British sentimental postcard, the third in a series of four. || According to the text on the back of this postcard, it was ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’ by ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’, as part of the ‘“SONGS” SERIES. NO. 4875/3.’. The heading on the front – ‘GOD BLESS MY SOLDIER DADDY (3).’ – confirms that it is the third of a series, further details being ‘BAMFORTH COPYRIGHT.’ and ‘BY KIND PERMISSION OF E. MARKS & SONS, E.C.’. The posed scenario depicts a darkened room, with girl in her nightdress kneeling before her mother, who is wearing a dressing gown. Above them, inset within a bubble, are shown soldiers in action. The verse that accompanies these scenes reads, ‘Each evening when bedtime was coming, the girl for her Daddy would pray, / And ask God to guard and protect him when fighting so far away. / And often the girl to her mother would say, “ I know you feel lonely and sad, / But I shall take care of you, Mammy dear, as God will take care of our Dad.”’ || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard, the third in a series of four.

A British sentimental postcard, the second in a series of four. || As the heading – ‘GOD BLESS MY SOLDIER DADDY (2).’ – and the small print on the front of this postcard indicate, it is the second in a series, ‘BAMFORTH COPYRIGHT.’ / ‘BY KIND PERMISSION OF E. MARKS & SONS, E.C.’. A girl is shown kneeling before her seated mother, who is tenderly touching her head and hand. An image of a soldier in the thick of battle can be seen above them, as though projected on the wall. The verse that accompanies this sad scene reads, ‘“God bless my soldier Daddy, to war he had to go, / Protect him from all danger, because I love him so ; / Take care of him when fighting, don’t let me pray in vain ; / God bless my soldier Daddy, and bring him safe home again.”’ Further information is printed on the reverse: ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’; ‘“SONGS” SERIES. NO. 4875/2.’; and ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’. || || A British sentimental postcard, the second in a series of four. || Postcard