Dreaming of Mother And Home

From “Motel Topsy Turvy”, 1898
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by John S. May


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:


Lyrics

  1. All the convict’s work is over
    For the day is at its close
    And in line they now are marching
    Each man to his lonely cell
    There is one among the convicts
    Who soon sleep in sweet repose
    He is dreaming of the one he loves so well
    There’s a smile upon his sad face
    He is murm’ring in his sleep
    “Tis so sweet to be with mother dear again”
    For he dreams his mother’s in his dreams
    With joy he sees her weep
    But he soon will wake and find his dream in vain

Chorus
Dreaming of mother and his home far away
Dreaming that he is once again a child at play
Once more at mother’s side he kneels down to pray
Dreaming of mother and home

  1. When the convict went to work next day
    ‘Twas with a better will
    And in time his keeper did
    A marked improvement in him see
    Though his time was nearly up
    His good work made it shorter still
    And they told him that in one month he’d be free
    But one morn he did not join them
    And they went into his cell
    When they spoke to him the convict did not move
    Someone said, “He died while sleeping”
    But they none of them could tell
    He had wakened from his dream in heaven above

Sung here by Vancha March: