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Wounded World War I soldier and vision of his sweetheart, "Your Heart Will Call Me Home", London, circa 1916

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PatrioticWorld War I
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Lithograph
Front of Wounded World War I soldier and vision of his sweetheart, "Your Heart Will Call Me Home", London, circa 1916, lithograph postcard
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Back of Wounded World War I soldier and vision of his sweetheart, "Your Heart Will Call Me Home", London, circa 1916, lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A khaki-clad soldier lies slumped against sandbags beside a field gun, gazing upward at a hazy vision of himself in uniform gently holding a woman in a pink dress. The sentimental scene illustrates the song "Your Heart Will Call Me Home", whose verses are printed in a band across the lower part of the card. Such patriotic song-lyric postcards were widely sold in Britain during the First World War, when sheet-music publishers like J. H. Larway of Oxford Street licensed their titles for card reproduction.

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PublisherBamforth & Co., Ltd.
YOUR HEART WILL CALL ME HOME (4). But when amid earth's shadows, No more I roam, Love, I shall pass to your side again, For your heart will call me home. SAMFORTH COPYRIGHT REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER, J. H. LARWAY, OXFORD ST., LONDON. --- POST CARD STAMP PRINTED IN BRITAIN BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS, HOLMFIRTH AND NEW YORK. "SONGS" SERIES. No. 4893/4. PRINTED IN ENGLAND.
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PublisherBamforth & Co., Ltd.
ConditionFair
Place mentionedLondon
PublisherBamforth & Co., Ltd., Holmfirth
NotesPale printed text band across the bottom; heavy corner and edge wear, a diagonal crease at upper right, surface scuffing and small stains; no white border. No postmark; unused undivided back. Printed "POST CARD" heading with B° monogram and "STAMP / PRINTED IN BRITAIN" box; publisher imprint along left edge. Front is a WWI-era patriotic song card with caption band; light soiling and edge wear.

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Wounded World War I soldier and vision of his sweetheart, "Your Heart Will Call Me Home", London, circa 1916, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/wounded-world-war-i-soldier-and-vision-of-his-sweetheart-you. Accessed October 24, 2026.