"After the War is Over Will There Be Any 'Home Sweet Home'" is a bleaker tune which represented the fears of the coming post war era. Though the song still honors the heroic work the soldiers did, it recognizes the reality that many children will be without fathers and mothers without sons. The song reminds that family is important, even when someone is lost.

 

"After the war is over and the world's at peace,
Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased.
Many a home will be vacant, Many a child be alone,
But I hope they'll all be happy In a place called 'Home sweet Home.'"

 

It also presents a vision of the future of imperialism which led to the war and the uncertain future that was to come.

 

"Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands,
Maps will change entirely to diff'rent hands.
Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man,
But pray they'll be united like our own free land."