Save Your Kisses Till the Boys Come Home

DESCRIPTION: "All the girls are lonely, lonely everywhere." The girls' "best boy" has gone off; "He'll come back a military man." "Never mind, little girlie, never mind. "Save your kisses till the boys come home. She'll be proud in "just a while"
AUTHOR: Tom Mellor, Harry Gifford, and Fred Godfrey (see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (sheet music; recording, Charles Harrison and Herbert Stuart)
KEYWORDS: soldier separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, pp. 4-5, "Save Your Kisses Till the Boys Come Home" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Charles Harrison and Herbert Stuart, "Save Your Kisses Till the Boys Come Home" (Columbia 46293, 1915)
NOTES [55 words]: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver credits this to Fred Barnes, but Wikipedia and others list it as by Tom Mellor, Harry Gifford, and Fred Godfrey. That team is also credited on the American sheet music published by Jerome H. Remick. I think the latter attribution definitive, given its attestation plus they were a well-known team. - RBW
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