Keep The Lovelight Shining In The Window 1917

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 23 Jul 2002

As the shadows fall there's a bugle call,
martial music fills the air.
There's the tramp of feet on the city street
soldier boys are ev'rywhere.
There's a teardimmed eye,
there's a mother's sigh,
there's a sweetheart's fond goodbye;
As they march away to face the fray
to dare to do to die.

Keep the lovelight shining in the window
'til the boys come marching home.
Your heart may grieve for those who leave,
on the battle fields to roam.
There's a ray of sunshine gleaming
thro' the darkest clouds of war,
so keep the lovelight shining in the window
for the boy you're waiting for.

Keep the lovelight shining in the window
'til the boys come marching home.
Your heart may grieve for those who leave,
on the battle fields to roam.
There's a ray of sunshine gleaming
thro' the darkest clouds of war,
so keep the lovelight shining in the window
for the boy you're waiting for.

When the war is done ev'ry mother's son
will come marching home again.
With the flag unfurled showing all the world
that they labored not in vain.
Then the hearts that crave
for the sons they gave
to the freedom of the sea;
They will bless the day the U.S.A.
fought for that liberty.

Keep the lovelight shining in the window
'til the boys come marching home.
Your heart may grieve for those who leave,
on the battle fields to roam.
There's a ray of sunshine gleaming
thro' the darkest clouds of war,
so keep the lovelight shining in the window
for the boy you're waiting for.

Keep the lovelight shining in the window
'til the boys come marching home.
Your heart may grieve for those who leave,
on the battle fields to roam.
There's a ray of sunshine gleaming
thro' the darkest clouds of war,
so keep the lovelight shining in the window
for the boy you're waiting for.

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Keep The Lovelight Shining In The Window 1917
by Caddigan and McHugh
copyright 1917 by D.W.Cooper Publishing Co.
sole selling agents Jos. W. Stern and Co., N.Y.C.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 23 July 2002 at 17.04
in association with Doug Grierson
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Billed as 'The Song our Soldiers sing
as they march along.'
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