A British patriotic postcard. || The Union flag and Royal Standard are shown crossed beneath a crown at the top of this postcard, flanked by the legend ‘Keep the Flag Flying.’. The verse beneath, headed ‘When Daddy Comes Home.’, reads as follows: ‘How long ago is it now, mother / Since Daddy first went away ? / It seems such ages to me dear, / For I’m missing him every day, / And when with bugles and drums they beat, / The soldiers come marching by, / I think of him and I try to cheer, / Yet somehow I want to cry. / Chorus–– When Daddy comes home again / All will be right, / He will be smiling, / Our eyes shining bright ; / I’m thinking how happy / And proud we shall be / When Daddy comes home again / To you and to me. / Where do you say he is now, mother ? / It’s out at the Front, I know, / For the King and this Country called him, / So Daddy just had to go ; / He’s gone where Briton and German meet / To fight on the Belgian shore ; / Though you and I we may want him back, / They are wanting him there much more./ Chorus–– When Daddy comes home again, etc. / When do you think it will be, mother ? / Shall we have long to wait / Till the Germans have learned their lesson / And we hear Dad’s step at the gate ? / The bells will ring and the people shout, / Flag-wave and the streets be gay, / And you and I will go wild with joy / When Daddy comes home that day ! / Chorus–– When Daddy comes home again, etc.’. ‘All rights reserved.’ and ‘R. W. Phipps.’ are printed along the bottom. || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard

A British sentimental postcard, the third in a series of four. || This postcard is the third in the ‘When Daddy Comes Home’ series (reference number, as the small print on the back states, ‘SERIES NO. 4860/3’). The reverse includes two other pieces of information: ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND’ and ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’. Running along the bottom of the front of the card are the following details: ‘BAMFORTH (COPYRIGHT). BY KIND PERMISSION OF MESSRS. ASCHERBERG, HOPWOOD & CREW, LTD’. A small girl appears to be addressing her mother in the staged photographic scene that comprises most of the postcard’s visual element; above them, a group of soldiers operating a field gun seem to be in the thick of battle. The verse that appears below the girl and her mother reads: ‘WHEN DADDY COMES HOME (3). / Where do you say he is now, mother ? It’s out at the front, I know, / For the King and his country called him, so daddy just had to go ; / He’s gone where Briton and German meet to fight on the Belgian shore ; / Though you and I, we may want him back, they are wanting him there much more.’ || || Postcard || 'When Daddy Comes Home 3', a British sentimental postcard

A British sentimental postcard, one in a series of four. || Numbered on the reverse ‘SERIES NO. 4860/4’, this is the fourth and final postcard ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND’ by ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’ of the ‘When Daddy Comes Home’ series. The small print at the foot of the card adds: ‘BAMFORTH (COPYRIGHT). BY KIND PERMISSION OF MESSRS. ASCHERBERG, HOPWOOD & CREW, LTD’. As with its three predecessors in the series, two photographic scenes fill most of the front of the postcard, in this case, a girl excitedly clutching her dreamy-looking mother and, in the top right-hand corner, the same girl and her mother welcoming a soldier home with open arms. The verse beneath these scenarios runs, ‘WHEN DADDY COMES HOME (4). / When do you think it will be, mother? Shall we have long to wait / Till the Germans have learned their lesson, and we hear dad’s step at the gate? / The bells will ring and the people shout, flags wave and the streets be gay, / And you and I will go wild with joy when daddy comes home that day.’. || || 'When Daddy Comes Home 4', a British sentimental postcard || Postcard