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Text:How Sweet the Thought
Arranger:W. J. Smith
Author:Miss Anna Irwin
Tune:[How sweet the thought, we're going home]
Composer:W. J. Smith

3. How Sweet the Thought

Text Information
First Line: How sweet the thought, we're going home
Title: How Sweet the Thought
Author: Miss Anna Irwin (1901)
Arranger: W. J. Smith (1901)
Refrain First Line: How sweet the thought to me
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Copyright: Copyright, 1901, by The Songland Co.
Tune Information
Name: [How sweet the thought, we're going home]
Composer: W. J. Smith (1901)
Incipit: 34565 43351 21765
Key: Dā™­ Major



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