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"Keep the Home-Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)" is a British patriotic First World Warsong composed in by Ivor Novello with words by Lena Guilbert Ford (whose middle name was sometimes printed as "Gilbert").^[1]

The song was published first as "'Till the Boys Come Home" on 8 October by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd.

in London.^[2] A new edition was printed in with the name "Keep the Home-Fires Burning".^[2] The song became very popular in the United Kingdom during the war, along with "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".^{[citation needed]}

James F. Harrison recorded "Keep the Home-Fires Burning" in , as did Stanley Kirkby in Another popular recording was sung by tenor John McCormack in , who was also the first to record "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" in (See External links below to hear these recordings of "Keep the Home-Fires Burning".) Other versions include one by Frederick J.

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