"Keep The Home Fires Burning" 1918 (1 Viewer)

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Elizabeth "Lizzie" MacDonald, a member of the Volunteer Aid Detachment assigned to Mesopotamia, finds herself far away from Lancashire and her mum and dad for the first time in her life. She is having her photo taken by her driver to send back home and let the folks know that she is doing just fine. "Paddy", the Detachment's mascot is at her feet.

 

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Keep The Home Fires Burning 1914 (British WWI Song)

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
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 Britain
To a tyrant's yoke shall bend,
And no Englishman is silent
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.