Keep the Home Fires Burning ('till the Boys Come Home)

Keep the Home Fires Burning ('till the Boys Come Home) - John McCormack (麥考梅克)/Violet Lorraine

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

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

Overseas there came a pleading

Help a nation in distress

And we gave our glorious 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

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