Home is home, however lowly (George M. Garrett)

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• (Posted 2023-10-18)  CPDL #76439:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-18).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 588 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Home is home, however lowly
Composer: George M. Garrett
Lyricist: Arthur Smith Arnott
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Home is home, however lowly,
Fenced around by many a spell,
If within its precincts holy,
Room be found for Love to dwell,
There is sure no spot on earth,
Where-so-e’er our steps may roam,
Can outshine the smiling hearth,
Of a tranquil, happy Home.
Home is home, however lowly,
If but Love within it dwells.

Home is home, however lowly;
Peaceful pleasures there abide;
Soothing thoughts and visions holy
Cluster round our own fireside.
Though the outer world be dark,
And its ocean lashed to foam,
Safe within its sheltering ark,
All is calm and bright at home.
Home is home, however lowly,
If but Love within it dwells.

Home is home, however lowly;
Oh, how sweet when storm is rife,
And our feet have struggled slowly
Through the tangled ways of life;
Sad, encumbered, faint and weary,
Spared the grief again to roam,
To lay down our burden dreary,
At the blessed door of home.
Home is home, however lowly,
If but Love within it dwells.