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After the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?

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Supplementary Document

Title
After the war is over will there be any home sweet home - Lyrics
Composer
  • Woodruff, Joseph  
  • Andrieu, Harry  
Lyricist
Pourman, E. J.  
Publisher
Broad & Market Mus. Co.  
Place of Publication
Newark (N.J.)  
Year of Publication
1917  
Lyrics
Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war, transports are sailing from shore to shore. Brave heroes are falling to arise no more, but still the bugle’s calling every man to war. After the war is over and the world’s at peace, many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased. Many a home will be vacant, many a child alone, but I hope they’ll all be happy, in a place called “Home Sweet Home.” Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands, maps will change entirely to diff’rent hands. Kings and queens may ever rule their fellow man, but pray they’ll be united like our own free land.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_013
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
After the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?
Alternative Title
After the War Is Over Will There Be Any “Home Sweet Home”
Composer
Andrieu, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Woodruff, Joseph  
  • Pourman, E. J.  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Publisher Address
145 W. 45th St.  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-04-19
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
Comment
Broad & Market Music Co., holders of the original copyright, printed two editions and then evidently sold the rights to Joe Morris Music Co. in early 1918. Morris issued a third edition in at least seven different printings (distinguished by the back covers) and promoted it successfully, especially with piano-roll manufacturers. It does not appear to have been performed widely in vaudeville but did attain some popularity with amateurs. Of at least six songs issued in 1917 with similar or identical titles, this was by far the most successful. In summer of 1918 the song was accused of damaging morale; and in August 1918, Morris copyrighted and issued a new version, a fourth edition, with lyrics rewritten by Andrew B. Sterling and with a shorter title: “After the war is over.”
Historical Note
  • One recording and eight piano rolls were released; and as these were disseminated, the song became widely popular, as evidenced by notices in local papers and by the number of surviving copies of the sheet music.
  • Composer and lyricist are given correctly on p. 2; on the cover, the music is attributed to Joseph Woodruff and the words to E. J. Pourmon.
  • This is the second printing of the third edition and probably dates from the first half of 1918. The first two editions were issued by the Broad & Market Music Co., Newark, NJ, which copyrighted the song, and who remains the copyright holder indicated at the bottom of p. 2. The first edition was promoted briefly but intensively, with considerable success; then the song languished until Stern purchased the rights.
Musical Note
The refrain of this waltz ballad closes by quoting the second phrase of “Home Sweet Home,” which also constitutes the piano introduction. As a whole, both words and music are closely modeled on “After the Ball”; meter and rhyme scheme are virtually identical, and the chorus quotes several lines with only slight alterations. The harmonic structure closely resembles the model, and the same secondary dominant is used to prepare the final phrase of the chorus. The melody, however, is primarily stepwise, with expressive chromaticism, unlike the arpeggiated melody of “After the Ball.”
Subject - Topic
  • Soldiers -- Death -- Songs and music.  
  • Home -- Songs and music.  
  • Peace -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands, / Maps will change entirely to diff’rent hands. / Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man, / But pray they’ll be united like our own free land.
  • [refrain 1] After the war is over and the world’s at peace, / Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased. / Many a home will be vacant, Many a child be alone, / But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called “Home sweet Home”.
  • [verse 1] Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war, / Transports are sailing from shore to shore. / Brave heroes are falling to arise no more, / But still the bugle’s calling every man to war.
Musical Genre
Waltz ballad
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Artist
Pfeiffer Illustrating Co.  
Printer
F. J. Lawson Co. (New York, NY)  
Cover Description
Above, as if in a cloud, a mother, seated before a hearth in a Queen Anne chair, consoling two children (daughters); the whole is wrapped in smoke from the scene below: battlefield destruction, with a heap of ruined artillery and a dead soldier (a drummer-boy). BR, oval photographic inset of Joseph Woodruff. Red and blue on white paper, forming a red, white, and blue border; signed BL, in frame.
Back Cover Description
Sample: When the Parson Hands the Wedding Band from Me to Mandy Lee (© 1917 06 18), in frame with illustration of ring and flowers. Unsigned.
Interior Description
  • p. 3, BR: F.J.Lawson Co. N.Y.
  • Plate number: p. 3, BL: After The War.
  • Cover, BL: 5
  • Cover, below inset: Featured by J. Woodruff
Performance Medium
Voice and piano.  
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_013
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleAfter the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?
Alternative TitleAfter the War Is Over Will There Be Any “Home Sweet Home”
ComposerAndrieu, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Woodruff, Joseph  
  • Pourman, E. J.  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Publisher Address145 W. 45th St.  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-04-19
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
CommentBroad & Market Music Co., holders of the original copyright, printed two editions and then evidently sold the rights to Joe Morris Music Co. in early 1918. Morris issued a third edition in at least seven different printings (distinguished by the back covers) and promoted it successfully, especially with piano-roll manufacturers. It does not appear to have been performed widely in vaudeville but did attain some popularity with amateurs. Of at least six songs issued in 1917 with similar or identical titles, this was by far the most successful. In summer of 1918 the song was accused of damaging morale; and in August 1918, Morris copyrighted and issued a new version, a fourth edition, with lyrics rewritten by Andrew B. Sterling and with a shorter title: “After the war is over.”
Historical Note
  • One recording and eight piano rolls were released; and as these were disseminated, the song became widely popular, as evidenced by notices in local papers and by the number of surviving copies of the sheet music.
  • Composer and lyricist are given correctly on p. 2; on the cover, the music is attributed to Joseph Woodruff and the words to E. J. Pourmon.
  • This is the second printing of the third edition and probably dates from the first half of 1918. The first two editions were issued by the Broad & Market Music Co., Newark, NJ, which copyrighted the song, and who remains the copyright holder indicated at the bottom of p. 2. The first edition was promoted briefly but intensively, with considerable success; then the song languished until Stern purchased the rights.
Musical NoteThe refrain of this waltz ballad closes by quoting the second phrase of “Home Sweet Home,” which also constitutes the piano introduction. As a whole, both words and music are closely modeled on “After the Ball”; meter and rhyme scheme are virtually identical, and the chorus quotes several lines with only slight alterations. The harmonic structure closely resembles the model, and the same secondary dominant is used to prepare the final phrase of the chorus. The melody, however, is primarily stepwise, with expressive chromaticism, unlike the arpeggiated melody of “After the Ball.”
Subject - Topic
  • Soldiers -- Death -- Songs and music.  
  • Home -- Songs and music.  
  • Peace -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands, / Maps will change entirely to diff’rent hands. / Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man, / But pray they’ll be united like our own free land.
  • [refrain 1] After the war is over and the world’s at peace, / Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased. / Many a home will be vacant, Many a child be alone, / But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called “Home sweet Home”.
  • [verse 1] Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war, / Transports are sailing from shore to shore. / Brave heroes are falling to arise no more, / But still the bugle’s calling every man to war.
Musical GenreWaltz ballad
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
ArtistPfeiffer Illustrating Co.  
PrinterF. J. Lawson Co. (New York, NY)  
Cover DescriptionAbove, as if in a cloud, a mother, seated before a hearth in a Queen Anne chair, consoling two children (daughters); the whole is wrapped in smoke from the scene below: battlefield destruction, with a heap of ruined artillery and a dead soldier (a drummer-boy). BR, oval photographic inset of Joseph Woodruff. Red and blue on white paper, forming a red, white, and blue border; signed BL, in frame.
Back Cover DescriptionSample: When the Parson Hands the Wedding Band from Me to Mandy Lee (© 1917 06 18), in frame with illustration of ring and flowers. Unsigned.
Interior Description
  • p. 3, BR: F.J.Lawson Co. N.Y.
  • Plate number: p. 3, BL: After The War.
  • Cover, BL: 5
  • Cover, below inset: Featured by J. Woodruff
Performance MediumVoice and piano.  
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 12, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_013
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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