107. Song of home

1 Why, ah! why, my heart, this sadness?
Why, 'mid scenes like these decline?
Where all, tho' strange, is joy and gladness,
O, say, what wish can yet be thine,
O, say, what wish can yet be thine?

2 All that's dear to me is wanting;
Lone and cheerless here I roam,
For strangers' joys, howe'er enchanting,
Can never be to me like home,
Can never be to me like home.

3 Give me those I ask no other;
Those that bless the humble dome,
Where dwell my father and my mother,
O, give me back my native home,
O, give me back my native home.

Text Information
First Line: Why, ah! why, my heart, this sadness?
Title: Song of home
Language: English
Publication Date: 1867
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Why, ah! why, my heart, this sadness?]
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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