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

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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

Pourman, E. J. [Elmer Jacob]
Woodruff, Joseph

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.
This is the fourth 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.
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.

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.”

Dedication

Dedication

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

Newberry Library

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

At top, “Two songs that should be in every home”; samples and covers for We’re Going Over (© 1917 08 04) and We’re Going Over the Top (© 1918 01 03), with two lists of titles, the whole in an ornate frame with flowers and scrollwork. 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

Box 163

Local Identifier

nda163_076

Collection Title

James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

Collection

World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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	Pourman, E. J. [Elmer Jacob] Woodruff, Joseph
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. This is the fourth 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. 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.
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.”
Dedication	Dedication
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	Newberry Library
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	At top, “Two songs that should be in every home”; samples and covers for We’re Going Over (© 1917 08 04) and We’re Going Over the Top (© 1918 01 03), with two lists of titles, the whole in an ornate frame with flowers and scrollwork. 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	Box 163
Local Identifier	nda163_076
Collection Title	James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
Collection	World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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