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The Song the Kettle is Singing

Worton David

“The Song the Kettle is Singing” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Worton David: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1918 · historical text
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

We have sung your song of Tipperary,

As we sat in the campfire's glow.

We have marched along to that well-known song

"Are we down-hearted—No."

And now we're singing "Keep the Home Fires burning."

But there's one song we miss o'er the foam,

That's the song the kettle is singing on the hob

In a dear little place called home.

Credits

Written by Worton David

Words by Worton David. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “The Song the Kettle is Singing”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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