Home, Sweet Home

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam

Author: John Howard Payne
Tune: HOME (Bishop)
Published in 96 hymnals

Representative Text

1 'Mid pleasures and palaces tho' we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
a charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek thro' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.

Refrain:
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

2 I gaze on the moon as i tread the drear wild,
And feel that my mother now thinks of her child,
As she looks on that moon from our own cottage door,
Thro' the woodbine whose fragrance shall cheer me no more. [Refrain]

3 An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gaily, that came at my call;
Oh, give me that peace of mind, dearer that all. [Refrain]



Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #350

Author: John Howard Payne

Payne, John Howard. (New York, N.Y., April 1, 1791--April 1, 1852, Tunis). American actor, playwright, and diplomat. After a successful career in America, London, and Paris he was appointed American consul in Tunis in 1841. He adapted many plays, wrote a few original ones, and edited several short-lived magazines. There are several biographies. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Title: Home, Sweet Home
Author: John Howard Payne
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Home, home, sweet, sweet, home
Notes: Spanish translation: "Hogar de mis recuerdos, a ti volver anhelo" by Anonymous
Copyright: Public Domain

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