{"id":16536,"date":"2023-08-29T22:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=16536"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:27:25","slug":"keep-the-home-fires-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/keep-the-home-fires-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Home Fires Burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">\r\nVerses:\r\nThey were [A] summoned [E7] from the [A] hillside\r\nThey were called in [Dm] from the [A] glen\r\n[E7] And the country found them [A] ready,\r\n[E] At the stirring [B7] call for men [ E A E A E ] \r\n[A] Let no tears add [E7] to their [A] hardship\r\nAs the soldiers [Dm] pass [A] along [B7] \r\nAnd al-[C#m]-though your heart is [F#m] breaking\r\nMake it [E] sing [G#m] this [F#m] \r\ncheer-[B7]-y [E] sooo-[F#m]-ooong [E7] \r\n \r\nChorus:\r\n[A] Keep the homes fires [A] burn-[E7]-ing\r\n[F#m] While your hears are [C#7aug] yearn-[C#7]-ing\r\n[D] Though your lads are [A] far a-way\r\nThey [B7] dream of [E7] home\r\n[A] There's a silver [A] lin-[E7]-ing\r\n[F#m] Through the dark cloud [C#7aug] shin-[C#7]-ing\r\n[D] Turn the dark in-[A]-side out\r\n[Dm6] 'Till the [A] boys [E7] come [A] home\r\n\r\n <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_3\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><\/span>\r\n \r\nVerse 2 lyrics:\r\n \r\nOver seas there came a pleading,\r\n\"Help a Nation in distress!\"\r\nAnd we gave our glorious laddies,\r\nHonor made us do no less.\r\nFor no gallant Son of Freedom\r\nTo a tyrant's yoke should bend,\r\nAnd a noble heart must answer\r\nTo the sacred call of \"Friend!\"\r\n \r\nThought this song would be a fitting tribute to GB after such a fantastic \r\nOlympics! Roll on Rio!\r\n \r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivor_Novello\">Ivor_Novello<\/a><\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n<p><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\"> <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_3\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses: They were [A] summoned [E7] from the [A] hillside They were called in [Dm] from the [A] glen [E7] And the country found them [A] ready, [E] At the stirring [B7] call for men [ E A E A E ] [A] Let no tears add [E7] to their &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/keep-the-home-fires-burning\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keep the Home Fires Burning<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-piano","category-patriotic-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}