A popular song from 1864
words and music by William S. Hays
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
- Oh! Mother dear, I have come home
The home I loved so true
But I’m unhappy, all is changed
Yet there’s no change in you
Each flower lifts its blushing face
The birds are glad I’ve come
But nature seems to weep around
My southern sunny home
Chorus
My home (my sunny home)
My home (my sunny home)
My southern sunny, sunny home
Dear mother, I’ve come home to die
In my southern sunny, sunny home
- It seems a few short years ago
Oh! we were happy then
But, mother, dear, Oh! weep not now
For we’ll be glad again
There is a place in yonder skies
Where angels love to roam
Where you and I are sure to find
A brighter sunny home
Sung here by Fred Feild: