Keep the Home Fires Burning (1915 song)
- Keep the Home Fires Burning (1915 song)
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title=Keep the Home-Fires Burning
comment=('Till the Boys Come Home)
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caption=Sheet music cover (1915)
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composer=Lena Guilbert Ford
lyricist=Ivor Novello
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written=1915
language=English
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"Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home)" is a British patriotic First world war song composed by Ivor Novello in 1915 with words by Lena Guilbert Ford. A popular recording of the song was made by John McCormack.
Chorus
:Keep the Home Fires Burning,:While your hearts are yearning,:Though your lads are far away:They dream of home.:There's a silver lining:Through the dark clouds shining,:Turn the dark cloud inside out:'Till the boys come home. [Ford, "Keep The Home-Fires Burning" (Sheet music).]
Cultural references
*The song was includeded in the 1969 musical "Oh What a Lovely War".
*In the 2002 film "Gosford Park", the guests at a country house are entertained by Novello (played by Jeremy Northam), who plays the song on the piano
References
Bibliography
*Ford, Lena Guilbert (w.); Novello, Ivor (m.). "Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home)"(Sheet music). New York: Chappell & Co. Ltd. (1915).
External links
* [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/0000/0966/cusb-cyl0966d.mp3 "'Till The Boys Come Home"] , James F. Harrison (Edison Blue Amberol 2773, 1915)—" [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project] ".
* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/keepthehomefiresburning.htm Vintage Audio: Keep The Home Fires Burning] —www.firstworldwar.com.
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