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''Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home)'' is a British patriotic First World War song composed in 1914 by Ivor Novello with words by Lena Guilbert Ford (whose middle name was sometimes printed as "Gilbert").〔Pegler, Martin, ''Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War'', Osprey Publishing, 2014, ISBN 9781427804150, page 248.〕 The song was published first as '' 〕 A new edition was printed in 1915 with the name ''Keep the Home-Fires Burning''.〔 The song became very popular in the United Kingdom during the war, along with ''It's a Long Way to Tipperary''. James F. Harrison recorded ''Keep the Home-Fires Burning'' in 1915, as did Stanley Kirkby in 1916. Another popular recording was sung by tenor John McCormack in 1917, who was also the first to record ''It's a Long Way to Tipperary'' in 1914. (See External links below to hear these recordings of ''Keep the Home-Fires Burning''.) Other versions include one by Frederick J. Wheeler and one by the duet Reed Miller & Frederick Wheeler.〔Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 39, ISBN 9783447102780.〕 There is a misconception that Ivor Novello's mother wrote the lyrics for the song (propagated—for example—by patter in recorded performances of British musical comedy duo Hinge and Bracket) but Lena Ford (an American) was a friend and collaborator of Novello, not a blood relation. ==Lyrics== :They were summoned from the hillside, :They were called in from the glen, :And the country found them ready :At the rallying 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: :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. :Overseas there came a pleading, :"Help a nation in distress." :And we gave our glorious laddies - :Honour 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." :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 :'Til the boys come home.〔Ford, "Keep The Home-Fires Burning" (Sheet music).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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