"Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song) 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""). The song was published first as ""<nowiki>'</nowiki>Till the Boys Come Home"" on 8 October 1914 by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd. in London. 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"
"1918. Mrs. Brown, Ford's mother, was only hurt in the bombing. Their remains were returned to and interred in the United States. Lena Guilbert Ford Lena Guilbert Brown Ford, middle name sometimes listed as Gilbert, (1870 – March 7, 1918) was a lyricist, best known for ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"" which she wrote during the First World War. She was born Lena Guilbert Brown in Venango County, Pennsylvania and attended Elmira College, graduating in 1887. She married physician Harry Hale Ford and settled in Elmira, later divorcing him and relocating, with her mother and son, to London, England, where"
"Lena Guilbert Ford Lena Guilbert Brown Ford, middle name sometimes listed as Gilbert, (1870 – March 7, 1918) was a lyricist, best known for ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"" which she wrote during the First World War. She was born Lena Guilbert Brown in Venango County, Pennsylvania and attended Elmira College, graduating in 1887. She married physician Harry Hale Ford and settled in Elmira, later divorcing him and relocating, with her mother and son, to London, England, where they would remain for twenty years. During World War I, Ford opened her home to soldiers and took care of them. While"
"the Strand Theatre, which became his London home for the rest of his life. In London he found a mentor in Sir Edward Marsh, a well-known patron of the arts. Marsh encouraged him to compose and introduced him to people who could help his career. He adopted part of his mother's maiden name, ""Novello"" as his professional surname, although he did not change it legally until 1927. In 1914, at the start of the First World War, Novello wrote ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"", a song that expressed the feelings of innumerable families sundered by World War I. Novello composed"
"Felix Powell Felix Lloyd Powell (23 May 1878 – 10 February 1942) was a Welsh British Army Staff Sergeant most famous for writing the music for marching song ""Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile"", in 1915, during World War I. The words were written by his brother George Henry Powell (under the pseudonym George Asaf), and the song was entered into a competition for ""best morale-building song"". It won first prize and was noted as ""perhaps the most optimistic song ever written"". Powell later wrote a musical play, ""Rubicund Castle"", which was staged"
"most popular hits of the time, the song is atypical in that it is not a warlike song that incites the soldiers to glorious deeds. Popular songs in previous wars (such as the Boer Wars) frequently did this. In the First World War, however, the most popular songs, like this one and ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"", concentrated on the longing for home. This song is not to be confused with a popular song from 1907 simply titled ""Tipperary"". Both were sung at different times by early recording star Billy Murray. Murray, with the American Quartet, sang ""It's A Long"
"She Keeps the Home Fires Burning ""She Keeps the Home Fires Burning"" is a song written by Mike Reid, Don Pfrimmer and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in April 1985 as the first single from his ""Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"". album. ""She Keeps the Home Fires Burning"" was Milsap's 41st single to be released, and his 26th No. 1 hit on the country charts, the song is highly regarded as one of Milsap's most popular songs. The song is also featured on numerous compilation albums; including ""40 #1 Hits"" and ""The"
"Essential Ronnie Milsap"". She Keeps the Home Fires Burning ""She Keeps the Home Fires Burning"" is a song written by Mike Reid, Don Pfrimmer and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in April 1985 as the first single from his ""Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"". album. ""She Keeps the Home Fires Burning"" was Milsap's 41st single to be released, and his 26th No. 1 hit on the country charts, the song is highly regarded as one of Milsap's most popular songs. The song is also featured on numerous compilation albums; including ""40 #1"
"He also has two children from his first marriage. Hywel Gwynfryn Hywel Gwynfryn (born 13 July 1942 at Llangefni, Anglesey) is a Welsh TV, and radio. personality and lyricist. He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined Radio Cymru at its inception. Gwynfryn joined the BBC as a presenter in 1964 and in October 1968, he fronted ""Helo Sut Dach Chi?"", the first dedicated Welsh language pop programme on the radio. It was a daring innovation because there was little vocal pop music in Welsh at the time and the show sometimes needed to be padded out with"
"popular with amateurs, and Jos. W. Stern & Co. promoted it vigorously, if briefly. By summer 1918, however, it had receded from view, to be supplanted two years later by a nearly identical title, ""Keep the Lovelight Burning,"" by Billy Baskette. Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home is a World War I song with music and lyrics by Jack Caddigan and Jimmy McHugh. It was first published in May, 1917, a month after the United States entered World War I,"
"Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home is a World War I song with music and lyrics by Jack Caddigan and Jimmy McHugh. It was first published in May, 1917, a month after the United States entered World War I, by D. W. Cooper Publishing Co., in Boston, MA. By October, Chappell & Co. had brought suit, alleging that the title and refrain violated copyright on the British song, ""Keep the Home-Fires Burning."" Cooper settled out of court by agreeing to"
"a further four times for Victor between 1910 and 1927 – it became his best seller. He was the first artist to record the famous World War I song ""It's a Long Way to Tipperary"" in 1914. He also recorded the song ""Keep The Home Fires Burning"" in 1917, though he was not the first to do so. He also sang songs expressive of Irish nationalism — his recording of ""The Wearing of the Green"", a song about the Irish rebellion of 1798, encouraged 20th century efforts for Irish Home Rule — and endorsed the Irish Nationalist estrangement from the"
"the popular wartime song ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"". On 12 March, five Zeppelins attempted a raid on the Midlands: headwinds caused them to mistake their position and two dropped their bombs in the sea, the rest bombing the Hull area with little effect, their commanders thinking that they were over Leeds. Another raid was attempted the following night but only one of the three airships reached England, bombing Hartlepool. The bombs killed eight people and an RFC pilot was killed when he flew into Pontop Pike near Dipton, County Durham. A third airship raid took place on 12 April:"
"second Welsh national anthem, and has been recorded and widely performed by Dafydd Iwan. Lewis Valentine Lewis Edward Valentine (1 June 1893 – March 1986) was a Welsh politician, Baptist pastor, author, editor, and Welsh-language activist. Valentine was born in Llanddulas, Conwy, the son of Samuel Valentine, a limestone quarryman, and his wife Mary. He began studying to go into the ministry of the Baptist church at the University College of North Wales, Bangor but his studies were curtailed due to the First World War. His experiences in World War I, and his sympathy for the cause of Irish independence,"
"objector when conscription was imposed in 1916. George Henry Powell George Henry Powell (27 April 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song ""Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"" in 1915. The music was written by his brother Felix Powell, and the song was entered into a World War I competition for ""best morale-building song"". It won first prize and was noted as ""perhaps the most optimistic song ever written"". Although Felix Powell was an enthusiastic Staff Sergeant in the British Army, George Powell"
"his guests at a garden party at Nantclwyd Hall in Llanelidan. A song titled ""Llanelidan"" has been written, performed and released to a tune composed by Robat Arwyn. The words portray how Llanelidan's strong and active Welsh community became just a memory due to the actions of Sir Vivian Naylor-Leyland, who intentionally burned down many of the homes of the Welsh-speaking locals on his Nantclwyd estate. In the song, Naylor-Leyland is described as a Fascist and his actions against the Welsh likened to Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Llanelidan Llanelidan is a small village and community in the county of"
"into rallying public support and enthusiasm for the war effort. Patriotic music hall compositions such as ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"" (1914), ""Pack up Your Troubles"" (1915), ""It's a Long Way to Tipperary"" (1914) and ""We Don't Want to Lose You (but we think you ought to Go)"", were sung by music hall audiences, and sometimes by soldiers in the trenches. Many songs promoted recruitment (""All the boys in khaki get the nice girls"", 1915); others satirised particular elements of the war experience. ""What did you do in the Great war, Daddy"" (1919) criticised profiteers and slackers; Vesta Tilley's ""I've"
"only be found in readers' personal interpretations, giving speculation to Hemans' life and cultural context. Felicia Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet. Two of her opening lines, ""The boy stood on the burning deck"" and ""The stately homes of England"", have acquired classic status. Felicia Hemans' paternal grandfather was George Browne of Passage, County Cork, Ireland; her maternal grandparents were Benedict Paul Wagner (1718–1806), wine importer at 9 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Elizabeth Haydock Wagner (d. 1814) of Lancashire. Family legend gave the Wagners a Venetian origin; family heraldry an"
"George Henry Powell George Henry Powell (27 April 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song ""Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"" in 1915. The music was written by his brother Felix Powell, and the song was entered into a World War I competition for ""best morale-building song"". It won first prize and was noted as ""perhaps the most optimistic song ever written"". Although Felix Powell was an enthusiastic Staff Sergeant in the British Army, George Powell was a pacifist, and became a conscientious"
"He wrote patriotic songs during World War 1, notably the popular ""Heroes of the Dardanelles"". He lived at St Kilda, Victoria from 1918, initially in Princess Street, perhaps later at 29 Orange Grove, East St Kilda as per a copyright notice in 1930, and at the time of his death at 3 Robe Street, St Kilda. In 1920 he composed the musical comedy, ""F.F.F."", styled as a ""mystery musical comedy"", with a book and lyrics by C. J. De Garis, was underwritten by Hugh D. McIntosh. It starred Maggie Moore and Charles H. Workman, among others. The ""mystery"" centred on"
"The War Song ""The War Song"" is a 1984 song by the British band Culture Club which features background vocals by Clare Torry. It was the lead single from the band's third album ""Waking Up with the House on Fire"". The song became the group's seventh top-five hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number two. In the U.S. the single peaked at #17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and hit the top ten in many countries including Canada (#7), Ireland (#1), Italy (#3) and Australia (#2). While very popular at the time, it was not appreciated by some"
"into the English language. The song became hugely popular in 1878, so much so that the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, had MacDermott sing it for him at a private audience. He was far from a one hit wonder however. In fact he had written and published several plays and acted in many of them. The war song was brought back several times by other artists and was sung in an altered version during the First World War. MacDermott was born in Islington in 1845, and named John Farrell. His parents were Patrick Farrell, an Irish bricklayer,"
"after a hundred years of competition). It was then adopted at a few British football grounds at some point during the postwar period, and was certainly in common use by the 1960s most notably at Home Park amongst the supporters of Plymouth Argyle. In the 1970s the Welsh folk singer and comedian Max Boyce popularised the chant to excite the crowd at his concerts. Boyce was also a big rugby union fan, and through him it then began to be adopted by Welsh rugby union crowds at international matches. Soon it spread to rugby crowds at club and international level."
"singing Dafydd y Garreg Wen, and so it became the very first Welsh language song to play on the air. An arrangement for military massed bands is played annually during the national remembrance Sunday celebrations led by Her Majesty the Queen each November in Whitehall. Dafydd y Garreg Wen Dafydd y Garreg Wen is a traditional Welsh musical air and folk song. There is a tradition that the tune was composed by David Owen (1712–1741), a harpist and composer who lived near Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire. He was known locally as ""Dafydd y Garreg Wen"" (). ""Y Garreg Wen"" was the"
"with the idea of warfare. The war saw a major clash within Welsh Nonconformism between those who backed military action and those who adopted a pacifist stance on religious grounds. The war inspired Hedd Wyn's work and produced some of his most noted poetry, including ""Plant Trawsfynydd"" (""Children of Trawsfynydd""), ""Y Blotyn Du"" (""The Black Dot""), and ""Nid â’n Ango"" (""[It] Will Not Be Forgotten""). His poem, ""Rhyfel"" (""War""), remains one of his most frequently quoted works. Although farm work was classed as a reserved occupation due its national importance, in 1916 the Evans family were required to send one"
"the West as well as for the Polish forces in the East. Among musicians who performed for the Polish II Corps in a ""Polska Parada"" cabaret were Henryk Wars and Irena Anders. The most famous song of the soldiers fighting under the Allies was the ""Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino"" (The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino), composed by Feliks Konarski and Alfred Schultz in 1944. There were also Polish theaters in exile in both the East and the West. Several Polish painters, mostly soldiers of the Polish II Corps, kept working throughout the war, including Tadeusz Piotr Potworowski, Adam Kossowski,"
"(The Flame) with Euros Bowen, mainly as a response to W.J. Gruffydd's ""Y Llenor"" (The Literary Man), a Professor of Welsh at Cardiff, whom the Cadwgan Circle saw as the antiquated voice of Welsh language politics. During this period Griffiths became more and more associated with the national party for Wales, Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru and from 1948 until 1952 edited the party's newspaper ""Y Ddraig Goch"". Griffiths also stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate in the 1959 and 1964 general elections, on both occasions for the Gower constituency, but was not elected. Griffiths was also an important figure in the"
"Hywel Gwynfryn Hywel Gwynfryn (born 13 July 1942 at Llangefni, Anglesey) is a Welsh TV, and radio. personality and lyricist. He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined Radio Cymru at its inception. Gwynfryn joined the BBC as a presenter in 1964 and in October 1968, he fronted ""Helo Sut Dach Chi?"", the first dedicated Welsh language pop programme on the radio. It was a daring innovation because there was little vocal pop music in Welsh at the time and the show sometimes needed to be padded out with Anglo-American instrumentals. Soon however, Gwynfryn was receiving demo tapes"
"Alex Glasgow Alex Glasgow (14 October 1935 – 14 May 2001) was a singer-songwriter from Low Fell, Gateshead, England. He was educated at Gateshead Grammar School where he founded the Caprians choir. He graduated in German at the University of Leeds. He wrote the songs and music for the musical plays ""Close the Coal House Door"" and ""On Your Way, Riley!"" by Alan Plater, and scripts for the TV drama ""When the Boat Comes In"", the theme song of which he sang. He also taught English in Germany after graduating from university and later emigrated to Australia in 1981. Glasgow"
"Geraint Jarman Geraint Jarman (born 1950 in Denbigh) is an influential Welsh musician, poet and television producer whose career dates back to the early years of Welsh popular music. He has recorded many albums as a solo artist and with his band Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr. Jarman grew up in Cardiff and his career began in the 1960s as a poet and composer, writing for Heather Jones. He was a member of Y Bara Menyn with Jones and Meic Stevens before establishing himself as a solo artist. He also wrote ""Y Brawd Houdini"", one of Stevens' most popular recordings. He"
"Men's World Championship opening ceremony in front of an audience of 62,000 in the National Stadium in Warsaw, before the Poland v. Serbia match, which took place on 30 August 2014. The event was broadcast in over 168 countries. Start a Fire (Margaret song) ""Start a Fire"" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her debut studio album, ""Add the Blonde"" (2014). It was written by Thomas Karlsson and Mats Tärnfors. The song was released as the second single from ""Add the Blonde"" on 21 August 2014, only in Poland. Its alternate version, which served as an official"
"James James James James (also known by the bardic name ""Iago ap Ieuan"") (1832–1902) was a harpist and musician from Pontypridd, Wales. He composed the tune of the Welsh national anthem ""Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"" (also known as ""Land of my Fathers""). Today, the same tune is also used for the Breton anthem, ""Bro Gozh ma Zadoù"", and the Cornish anthem, ""Bro Goth agan Tasow"". James was born on 4 November 1832, at the 'Ancient Druid' inn, Hollybush, in the parish of Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. He was the son of Evan James (1809–1878) and Elizabeth Stradling of Caerphilly. His father, a"
"the public hall contains a memorial inscription to him. Ceirog's fascination with Welsh folk music led him to investigate its history of the music, particularly that of the harpists who would often accompany songs. This led to a grand project to publish four volumes of Welsh airs, of which only the first appeared in print, in 1863: ""Cant O Ganeuon"" (A Hundred Songs). John Ceiriog Hughes John Ceiriog Hughes (25 September 1832 – 23 April 1887), was a Welsh poet and a well-known collector of Welsh folk tunes. He was sometimes referred to as the ""Robert Burns of Wales"". Ceiriog"