New Sacred Quartettes for Male, Female and Mixed Voices ‎#54

54. My Old Cottage Home

1 I am thinking tonight of my old cottage home,
That stands on the brow of the hill,
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam,
But now all is quiet and still!

Chorus:
O my old cottage home,
Standing down by the hill,
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam,
But now all is quite and still!

2 Many years have gone by since in pray'r there I knelt,
With dear ones around the old hearth;
But my mother's sweet prayers in my heart still are felt,
I'll treasure them up while on earth! [Chorus]

3 One by one they have gone from the old cottage home,
On earth I shall see them no more;
But with them I shall meet round the beautiful throne,
Where partings will come never more. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: I am thinking tonight of my old cottage home
• Title: My Old Cottage Home
• Author: R. A. Glenn
• Refrain First Line: O my old cottage home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1914

Tune Information

• Name: [I am thinking tonight of my old cottage home]
• Composer: J. H. Stanley
• Incipit: 12334 32144 43122
• Key: B♭ Major

Text Information:

Inscribed to my brother, T. A. Cook, Caledonia, Miss.