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 ⓘ