Place a Candle in the Window 'Till Your Laddie Boy Comes Home

"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]

"Place a Candle in the Window 'Till Your Laddie Boy Comes Home"
Sheet music cover
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1918
Composer(s)Maxwell Goldman
Lyricist(s)Fern Glenn

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library as well as the University of South Carolina.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Vogel 1995, p. 229.
  2. ^ Parker 2007, p. 535.
  3. ^ 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.