title: After the War Is Over
text: # After the War Is Over
  
  After the War is Over is a 1918 song written during World War I, and was composed by Harry Andrieu, with lyrics written by Joseph Woodruff, E.J. Pourmon and Andrew B. Sterling. The song was published by Joe Morris Music Co., and was written for voice and piano.
  
  There are four versions of the score published by the Joe Morris Music Co. and two known issues from Broad & Market Music Company.
  
  The song is a celebratory song, anticipating that American soldiers will end the war and return home. The song also celebrates General Pershing, a key American general, and references the Second Battle of the Marne, which resulted in a decisive Allied victory.
  
  ## Lyrics
  
  Angels, they are weeping over the foreign wars
  
  Changed will be the pictures of the foreign lands
  
  Trains, Ports are sailing from shore to shore
  
  Maps will change entirely to different hands
  
  Brave Heroes are falling to arise no more
  
  Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man
  
  But still, the bugles calling every man to war
  
  But pray they’ll be united like our own free land
  
  After the war is over and the world’s at peace
  
  Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased
  
  Many a heart will be vacant, Many a child will be alone
  
  But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called home sweet home
  
  