"i didn't raise my boy to be a soldier" 1915 song by alfred bryan and al piantadosi "ten million soldiers to the war have gone, who may never return again. ten million mothers' hearts must break for the ones who died in vain. head bowed down in sorrow in her lonely years, i heard a mother murmur thro' her tears: i didn't raise my boy to be a soldier, i brought him up to be my pride and joy, who dares to put a musket on his shoulder, to shoot some other mother's darling boy? let nations arbitrate their future troubles, it's time to lay the sword and gun away, there'd be no war today if mothers all would say, i didn't raise my boy to be a soldier." briefly explain the point of view about u. s. entry into world war i expressed by the author. briefly explain one development in the period 1914–1917 that could be used to support the point of view expressed by the author. briefly explain one development in the period 1914–1917 that could be used to challenge the point of view expressed by the author.