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ISBN
MUM00682, 0378
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undated
Description
Cover: drawing of a woman playing piano; text reads The Bromo-Seltzer Collection of 54 Popular Songs; Publisher: x
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Songs --United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
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scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Mid pleasures and palaces, though 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;; Home! home! sweet, sweet home, There's no place like home, there's no place like home.
Second verse
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain; Oh! give me my lowly thatch'd cottage again; The birds singing gaily, that some at my call; Give me them with that peace of mind, dearer than all, Home! home! sweet, sweet home; There's no place like home, there's no place like home!
Third verse
How sweet tis to sit neath a fond father's smile, And the cares of a mother to soothe and beguile, Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam, But give me, oh! give me the pleasures of home. Home! home! sweet, sweet home; But give me, oh! give me the peasures of home!
Fourth verse
To thee I'll return overburden'd with care, The heart's dearest solace will smil
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