Old New England Home 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Mar 2013
2013

In the city far away
I am weary day by day
for the sent of new mown hay
on the breeze,
In the emptiness of night
I am hungry for the sight
of a village green and white
thro' the trees.
There are roses on the wall
where the sloping sunbeams fall
and the elm trees over all
whisper low,
and across the valley swells
the cool tone of twilight bells
like a song of somewhere else,
long ago.

Down in old New England
the home I left behind me,
there's a bit of earth and sky
that is mine until I die.
Night and day remind me,
no matter where I roam,
and the sun and the rain
call me home, home again,
My old New England home!

Down in old New England
the home I left behind me,
there's a bit of earth and sky
that is mine until I die.
Night and day remind me,
no matter where I roam,
and the sun and the rain
call me home, home again,
My old New England home!

I can smell the faint perfume
where the apple blossoms bloom
and a thousand bees find room
one by one,
I can see the shadows glide
down the distant mountain side
to the meadows warm and wide
in the sun;
In the hollows of the hills
I can hear the whippoorwills
while the darkness throbs and thrills
for the moon,
and the woodlands wet with rain
breathe a sweetness full of pain
like a tale of love in vain,
told in tune.

Down in old New England
the home I left behind me,
there's a bit of earth and sky
that is mine until I die.
Night and day remind me,
no matter where I roam,
and the sun and the rain
call me home, home again,
My old New England home!

Down in old New England
the home I left behind me,
there's a bit of earth and sky
that is mine until I die.
Night and day remind me,
no matter where I roam,
and the sun and the rain
call me home, home again,
My old New England home!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Old New England Home 1922
Music by William Daly
Lyrics by Brian Hooker
© MCMXXII by Harms Inc.  N.Y.
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Hayseed Productions Inc. Presents "Our Nell"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 22 March 2013 at 15.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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