a 1922 popular song
words and music by Jack Snyder
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I’m homesick, and lovesick, for just a bit of cheer
‘Cause my home folks, all my own folks, are many miles from here
I’m like a baby, I’m hoping maybe, to be in Mother’s arms
My homestead and all it’s charms
Chorus
In dear old Nebraska, my own Nebraska, I hear your call
Maine to Alaska, none like Nebraska, I’ve seen them all
You are my birth place, best on this earth place, Springtime or Fall
I keep pining for all the joys you gave us girls and boys
Back in our school days, sweet golden rule days, I’ll ne’er forget
Daddy and Mother, sweetheart and brother, I’ve one regret
We ever parted, that’s why I’ve started back no more to roam
Dear old Nebraska I’m coming home
- I’m thinkin’ of Lincoln, the town where I was born
The old farm lands, all its farm hands, I see them huskin’ corn
I’m so excited and so delighted, I’ll meet them all once more
They’ll greet me like days of yore
Sung here by Fred Feild: