A popular ballad from 1901
Words by Andrew B. Sterling
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- I was going home again
And was waiting for my train
In a quaint old railway station way out west
All the world was bright to me
For I knew I soon would see
Dear old mother and the girl I loved the best
I could see the rustic gate
Where I swung with sweetheart Kate
And my old plantation home that stood below
May the soft moon gently shine
On your sweet face, mother mine
In the home down where the cotton blossoms grow
Chorus
Picture to night, a field of snowy white
Hear the darkies singing soft and low
I long there to be for some one waits for me
Down where the cotton blossoms grow
- When I reached the dear old place
Every old familiar face
Brought unto my heart a throb of untold joy
As each darkey took his stand
Then I shook each by the hand
For I’d known them since I’d been a little boy
Then a sweet and joyous cry
Brought a teardrop to my eye
And my mother kissed me as in long ago
While a girlish form drew near
Twas my sweetheart, Kate, so dear
In my home down where the cotton blossoms grow