Keep the Home Fires Burning

This British song was assembled during the First World War. Read the words, as it encapsulates the persistence and foundation required for one to focus. More importantly, the “fire” is a root of its latin twin, “focus.”

They were summoned from the hillside

They were called in from the glen,

And the country found them ready

At the stirring call for men.

Let no tears add to their hardships

As the soldiers pass along,

And although your heart is breaking

Make it sing this cheery song:

Keep the Home Fires Burning,

While your hearts are yearning,

Though your lads are far away

They dream of home.

There’s a silver lining

Through the dark clouds shining,

Turn the dark cloud inside out

‘Till the boys come home.

Overseas there came a pleading,

“Help a nation in distress.”

And we gave our glorious laddies

Honour bade us do no less,

For no gallant son of Britain

To a tyrant’s yoke shall bend,

And no Englishman is silent

To the sacred call of “Friend.”

Keep the Home Fires Burning,

While your hearts are yearning,

Though your lads are far away

They dream of home.

There’s a silver lining

Through the dark clouds shining,

Turn the dark cloud inside out

‘Till the boys come home.

Source: firstworldwar.com

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