Poems (Barbara White)/Just What I Would Have Done

by Barbara White

Just What I Would Have Done

My boy, his words and my answer.

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What would you say mother darling
  If I come home some day,
And say that I've enlisted,
  That I was going away;
Going to fight for my country
  My loved ones to protect.
Would you send me away with a blessing my dear,
  Or with regret?

Mother's Answer of Chorus.

You've just done what I would have done my son
  Just done what I would have done,
*If I had been a man instead of what I am
  I would have been right there since the war began
Repeat from *

Would you turn to me with a smile, mother.
  Or condemn me for my act,
Or would you rejoice along with me
  In doing well my part?
I'm only a boy in years, mother
  Also your only son,
Yet I know it's the truth when you say it
  You are proud at what I have done.