Carrie Jacobs-Bond: Difference between revisions

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Then there was a letter from Ireland, from little Jean Craig, who gave up her stenographic work to sing for the boys in the hospitals. We corresponded for a long time during the war, and though I never saw or heard her I know she must have been a sweet, sweet singer. This is one of the stories she wrote me. She had gone into the hospital where the boys had been taken who had been wounded on the battleships by bombs, and one boy whom she remembered had asked her to sing. She sang “This is the End of a Perfect Day.” The boy asked her if she knew any more songs by Mrs. Bond, and she replied that she did not. “Well,” he said, “I’m going to die, and I want to give you something. This is the one little treasure that I have.” With that he took from under his pillow a little book of seven songs. He had carried it inside his jacket all during his service. He had been rescued from the water and the leaves of the book were water soaked. But as he gave it to Miss Craig, he said, “I have taken the best care of it I could. I am sure if you will write to Mrs. Bond she will send you another copy.” I did send her a copy, and many copies, and she sang my song for months.  

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== Her life ==