Momma Look Sharp

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"Momma Look Sharp" is a poignant, anti-war ballad from the Broadway musical *1776* that reflects on the human cost of the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
basedOnEvent American Revolution NERFINISHED
composer Sherman Edwards NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Broadway musical 1776
fromWork 1776
genre anti-war song
ballad
show tune
hasSubject battlefield death
maternal love
war casualties
language English
lyricist Sherman Edwards NERFINISHED
medium stage musical
musical 1776
narrativePerspective dying soldier
soldier’s mother
notableFor emotional impact in 1776
poignant anti-war message
originalBroadwayProductionYear 1969
partOf 1776
performedInContextOf Second Continental Congress setting in 1776
publicationYear 1969
thematicFocus American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
death of a young soldier
grief of a mother
human cost of war

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1776 (stage musical) notableSong Momma Look Sharp
subject surface form: 1776 (musical)