a 1918 patriotic song that is good for 2010

In Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana ^ | 1918 | Charles H. Gabriel and Homer A. Rodeheaver

[John McDonnell]

We'll Be Waiting When You Come Back Home (1918)

words by Chas. H. Gabriel, music by Homer A. Rodeheaver

MIDI sequence by John McDonnell: chgos010.mid (clarinet sound indicates the voice part)

free online sheet music of this composition

You have gone to fight our battles in the trenches "over there".
You have left your home and country for the war-torn world "somewhere".
Though we may not stand beside you, as the days of trial come,
Yet as mothers, sweethearts, brothers, we'll be waiting when you come back home.
We'll be waiting when you come back home, with a welcome you will understand.
We'll be waiting when you come back home from your service in a foreign land.
You will find the home-lights burning, and each loyal home-heart yearning
For the day of your returning. We'll be waiting when you come back home.

Next your heart you wear a picture of the one you know is true.
Be it mother, sweetheart, sister, they still love and pray for you.
In the trenches, sick or wounded, thoughts to you will always roam,
And with old-time true affection they'll be waiting when you came back home.
We'll be waiting when you come back home, with a welcome you will understand;
We'll be waiting when you come back home from your service in a foreign land.
You will find the home-lights burning, and each loyal home-heart yearning
For the day of your returning. We'll be waiting when you come back home.

You are gone, but you are with us, for we see you though our tears.
You shall never be forgotten, though the months grow into years.
Not until the stars of morning fade and fall from heaven's dome
Can our loving hearts forget you. We'll be waiting when you came back home.
We'll be waiting when you come back home, with a welcome you will understand.
We'll be waiting when you come back home from your service in a foreign land.
You will find the home-lights burning, and each loyal home-heart yearning
For the day of your returning. We'll be waiting when you come back home.

[John McDonnell]

I have recreated this old song for the good of those laboring to protect God-given liberties from enemies, foreign and domestic.