KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING
__________________________________ 1914
THEY WERE SUMMONED FROM THE HILLSIDE
THEY WERE CALLED IN FROM THE GLEN
AND THE COUNTRY FOUND THEM READY
AT THE STIRRING CALL FOR MEN.
LET NO TEARS ADD TO THEIR HARDSHIPS
AS THE SOLDIERS PASS ALONG,
AND ALTHOUGH YOUR HEART IS BREAKING
MAKE IT SING THIS CHEERY SONG.
CHORUS
KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING
WHILE YOUR HEARTS ARE YEARNING,
THOUGH YOUR LADS ARE FAR AWAY
THEY DREAM OF HOME.
THERE’S THE SILVER LINING,
THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS SHINING,
TURN THE DARK CLOUDS INSIDE OUT,
TILL THE BOYS COME HOME.
OVERSEAS THERE CAME A PLEADING,
“HELP A NATION IN DISTRESS.”
AND WE GAVE OUR SPECIAL LADDIES;
HONOR BADE US DO NO LESS.
FOR NO GALLANT SON OF FREEDOM,
TO A TYRANT’S YOKE SHOULD BEND;
AND A NOBLE HEART MUST ANSWER
TO THE SACRED CALL OF “FRIEND.”
REPEAT CHORUS
