Goin' Home
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| Written in 1922, by William Arms Fisher, a composition student of Antonin Dvorak. He put words to the melody of the Largo from "Dvorak's 9th" Symphony (Opus 95) and called it "Goin' Home." "Copyright 1922 by Oliver Ditson Company" |
- Goin' home, goin' home, I'm a goin' home;
- Quiet-like, some still day, I'm jes' goin' home.
- It's not far, jes' close by,
- Through an open door;
- Work all done, care laid by,
- Goin' to fear no more.
- Mother's there 'spectin' me,
- Father's waitin' too;
- Lots o' folk gather'd there,
- All the friends I knew,
- All the friends I knew.
- Home, I'm goin' home!
- Nothin lost, all's gain,
- No more fret nor pain,
- No more stumblin' on the way,
- No more longin' for the day,
- Goin' to roam no more!
- Mornin' star lights the way,
- Res'less dream all done;
- Shadows gone, break o' day,
- Real life jes' begun.
- There's no break, there's no end,
- Jes' a livin' on;
- Wide awake, with a smile
- Goin' on and on.
- Goin' home, goin' home, I'm jes' goin' home,
- goin' home, goin' home, goin' home!
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