Thank you to The British Music Hall Society for these words obtained from The Bodleian Library Oxford

THE HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF ALL
(R P Weston and Bert Lee)

        Christmas Wasn't Christmas with the Boys Away
        Many Wives and Mothers Said Last Christmas day
        But they kept on smiling tho their hearts were yearning
        They sang the good old Christmas songs
        They kept the yule log burning
        For while the bells rang out their merry chime
        They seemed to sing this promise all the time

        Chorus
        The happiest Christmas of all will be
        When the boys are home again
        We will know the worth of 'Peace on Earth'
        And We'll sing the old refrain
        'Should auld acquaintance be forgot'
        And the mistletoe will hang in the hall
        And the girls between the kisses and smiles will murmur
        'This is the happiest Christmas of all'

        Round the Christmas tables there'll be smiles of joy
        Ma will gaze so proudly on her soldier boy
        Dad will serve the pudden out and say with quiet laughter
        'This little flag was on the top before the war and after'
        But ma will shed a tear when Uncle Joe Says grace
        'Praise God from whom all blessings flow'
        
        Chorus
        The happiest Christmas of all will be
        When the boys are home again
        We will know the worth of 'Peace on Earth'
        And We'll sing the old refrain
        'Should auld acquaintance be forgot'
        And the mistletoe will hang in the hall
        And the girls between the kisses and smiles will murmur
        'This is the happiest Christmas of all'