Home of my childhood, farewell (Alfred Arthur Graley)
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- (Posted 2024-05-02) CPDL #80482:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-05-02). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 490 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Home of my childhood, farewell
Composer: Alfred Arthur Graley
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1874 Taintor Brothers
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Original text and translations
English text
Home of the loving, the gentle, the tender,
Spare ye one link from your silvery chain;
Fast flow the tears as your joys I surrender,
Home, happy home, shall I see you again?
Home of my childhood, happy, happy home, farewell.
When the heart trembles with happy emotion,
Round thee affection shall ever entwine;
Toss’d on the billows of life’s troubled ocean,
Thou like a star in the darkness shall shine.
Home of my childhood, happy, happy home, farewell.
What tho’ my pathway be scattered with treasures,
Home that I love, better riches are thine;
What tho’ my cup be o’er-flowing with pleasures,
Still for the joys of my home will I pine.
Home of my childhood, happy, happy home, farewell.
Home of the Father, my guide from life’s morning,
Home of the Mother, so tender and true,
Home of the loved ones, the fireside adorning,
Home of my childhood, I bid thee adieu.
Home of my childhood, happy, happy home, farewell.