After the War is Over is a 1918 song written during World War I, and was composed by Harry Andrieu, with lyrics written by Joseph Woodruff, E.J. Pourmon and Andrew B. Sterling. The song was published by Joe Morris Music Co., and was written for voice and piano.[1]
| "After the War is Over" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover for "After the War is Over" | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1918 |
| Songwriter(s) | Composer: Harry Andrieu Lyricists: Joseph Woodruff, E.J. Pourmon and Andrew B. Sterling |
There are four versions of the score published by the Joe Morris Music Co. and two known issues from Broad & Market Music Company.[2]
The song is a celebratory song, anticipating that American soldiers will end the war and return home.[3] The song also celebrates General Pershing, a key American general, and references the Second Battle of the Marne, which resulted in a decisive Allied victory.
Lyrics
editAngels, they are weeping over the foreign wars
Changed will be the pictures of the foreign lands
Trains, Ports are sailing from shore to shore
Maps will change entirely to different hands
Brave Heroes are falling to arise no more
Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man
But still, the bugles calling every man to war
But pray they’ll be united like our own free land
After the war is over and the world’s at peace
Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased
Many a heart will be vacant, Many a child will be alone
But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called home sweet home[4]
References
edit- ^ After the War is Over. Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.
- ^ Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 111, ISBN 9783447102780.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Image 2 of After the war is over". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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