The Laddies Who Fought and Won

Verse:        
There's a dear old lady, Mother Britain is her name
And she's all the world to me
She's a dear old soul, ever the same
With a heart as big as three

And when trials and troubles are knocking at her door
And the day seems dark and long
Her sons on the land and her sons on the sea
They all join in this song

Chorus:
When the fighting's over and the war is done
And the flags are waving free
When the bells are ringing and the boys are singing
Songs of victory

And when we all gather round the old fireside
And the old mother kisses her son
Oh, the lassies will be loving o'er the laddies
The laddies who fought and won

Verse:
If we all look back on the history of the past
We can just see where we are
We have pledged our work and we will all hold back
'Til the day awakes afar

Until that day comes, let us fight and fight
Let us fight 'til victory's won
We will never give in, we are out to win
To the very last man and gun

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I cannot remember the composer. Lauder lost a son in WWI. When Malvina Reynolds wrote "We Hate To See Them Go" in the late 1940's, I believe this song may have been part of her inspiration.

-Adam Miller