Place a Candle in the Window 'Till Your Laddie Boy Comes Home
| "Place a Candle in the Window 'Till Your Laddie Boy Comes Home" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover | |
| Song | |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1918 |
| Composer(s) | Maxwell Goldman |
| Lyricist(s) | Fern Glenn |
"Place a Candle in the Window 'Till Your Laddie Boy Comes Home" is a World War I song written by Fern Glenn and composed by Maxwell Goldman.[1] The song was first published in 1918 by Buck & Lowney in New York, New York. The sheet music cover depicts a soldier returning to a snow covered house with a candle in the window.[2]
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library as well as the University of South Carolina.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Vogel 1995, p. 229.
- ^ Parker 2007, p. 535.
- ^ Goldman, Maxwell; Glenn, Fern (1918). Place a candle in the window 'till your laddie boy comes home. OCLC 30797753.
Bibliography
[edit]- Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Vol. 2. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4. OCLC 71790113.
- Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.