After the War Is Over Will There Be Any "Home Sweet Home"?
| "After the War Is Over Will There Be Any 'Home Sweet Home'?" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover | |
| Song by Joseph Woodruff | |
| Language | English |
| Released | January 1, 1917 |
| Label | Joe Morris Music Co. |
| Composer | Harry Andrieu |
| Lyricists | Elmer J. Pourmon Joseph Woodruff |
"After the War Is Over Will There Be Any 'Home Sweet Home'?" is a World War I–era song released in 1917. Elmer J. Pourmon[1] and Joseph Woodruff wrote the lyrics. Harry Andrieu composed the music.[2] Contradictory information on the cover lists Woodruff as composer and Pourmon as lyricist.
There are four versions of the score published by the Joe Morris Music Co. of New York City and two known issues from Broad & Market Music Company.[3] Pfeiffer Illustrating Co.[4] designed the sheet music cover. It features a mother comforting her children. Below her are battle ruins with the body of a dead soldier in the center. To the right, is an inset photo of J. Woodruff.[5] It was written for both voice and piano.[6][7]
Lyricist Joseph Woodruff performed the song.[8]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[9]
The song is considered one of the bleaker assessments of life in postwar Europe.[10] The lyrics emphasize the inevitable feeling of loss and change. The chorus is as follows:[11]
After the war is over and the world's at peace,
Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased
Many a child alone;
But I hope they'll all be happy
In a place called "Home Sweet Home".
The song references the 19th-century classic "Home! Sweet Home!"[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ Andrieu, Harry (January 1917). ""After The War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?" by Harry Andrieu". Scholars Junction. Mississippi State University Libraries. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ↑ Vogel 1995, p. 147.
- ↑ Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 111, ISBN 9783447102780.
- ↑ "After the war is over will there be any "home sweet home"". Digital Collections. Duke University Libraries. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Parker 2007, p. 20.
- ↑ "After the war is over will there be any home sweet home". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "After the war is over will there be any "home sweet home"". Digital Collections. University of South Carolina Libraries. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "After the war is over: will there be any home sweet home?". Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Andrieu, Harry; Pourmon, E. J.; Woodruff, Joseph (1917). After the war is over: will there be any home sweet home?. New York: Joe Morris Music Co. OCLC 20120465.
- ↑ Vogel 1995, p. 17.
- ↑ Vogel 1995, p. 286.
- ↑ Scheurer, Timothy E. (1991). Born in the U.S.A.: the myth of America in popular music from colonial times to the present. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 111. ISBN 1934110566.
Bibliography
[edit]- Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
- Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
External links
[edit]- "After the War Is Over Will There Be Any 'Home Sweet Home'?" at the Illinois Digital Archives
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