Some Mothers Will Lose a Son.Music cover by H G Banks, 1899.Published by Francis, Day and Hunter, 1899.Written by Will Godwin and Frederick Conran.Associated with Princess Victoria?s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) and the Battle of Colenso, Boer War (1899-1902) 1899.Chorus on the cover: ?Some mother will lose a son Before to morrow morning;/ Some lassie will lose her lad Before the day is dawning;/ It may be me, it may be you, But the world shall remember for years -/ The charge that was made at Colenso, by The Irish Fusiliers.?