Keep the Home Fires Burning

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"Keep the Home Fires Burning" is a famous World War I-era British patriotic song, composed by Ivor Novello with lyrics by Lena Guilbert Ford, that became an anthem of hope and perseverance on the home front.

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Keep the Home Fires Burning canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I song
patriotic song
song
alsoKnownAs Till the Boys Come Home
associatedWith British home front
World War I
composer Ivor Novello
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
culturalSignificance symbol of civilian endurance during World War I
era 1910s
firstPerformanceLocation United Kingdom
genre patriotic song
war song
hasCreator Ivor Novello
Lena Guilbert Ford
hasLyricsBy Lena Guilbert Ford
hasMusicBy Ivor Novello
historicalPeriod First World War
linked to: World War I
influenced later British wartime songs
intendedAudience British civilians
families of soldiers
language English
lyricist Lena Guilbert Ford
notableFor becoming an anthem of hope and perseverance on the home front
originalMedium sheet music
performanceContext community sing-alongs
music halls
wartime concerts
publicationPeriod World War I era
subject soldiers away at war
support for troops from home
theme home front
hope
perseverance
title Keep the Home Fires Burning
usedAs morale booster

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Ivor Novello notableWork Keep the Home Fires Burning
Ivor Novello notableWork Keep the Home Fires Burning
subject linked to: David Ivor Davies
Ivor Novello wroteSong Keep the Home Fires Burning
subject linked to: David Ivor Davies
Keep the Home Fires Burning title Keep the Home Fires Burning