The Home Of The Girl I Love 1899

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 July 2010
2010

I have roamed through sunny Italy
and France and England, too,
Thro' the world I've wandered nearly ev'rywhere;
I have seen the grandest palaces
that one would wish to view,
The homes of splendor, wealth and fashion rare,
But in all the lands I've visited
I never yet could find,
A spot beneath the starry dome above.
Like the simple little cottage
which is ever in my mind,
The home of the girl I love.

There's a little cottage standing
on the Susquehanna shore,
There's a little maiden waiting
by the ivycovered door,
Tho 'tis humble,
yet it's dear to me,
with memories of yore,
'Tis the home of the girl I love.

There's a dear old greyhaired mother
waiting by the fireside,
There's a loving daughter seated at her knee;
On her finger gleams a golden band
which means she'll be my bride,
for she had pledged her trusting heart to me.
So speed me on, oh! noble ship
that proudly sails the foam,
Beneath the bright and happy stars above.
For I'm longing to return again
unto that cottage home,
the home of the girl I love.

There's a little cottage standing
on the Susquehanna shore,
There's a little maiden waiting
by the ivycovered door,
Tho 'tis humble,
yet it's dear to me,
with memories of yore,
'Tis the home of the girl I love.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
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lyric
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The Home Of The Girl I Love 1899
by Howard Graham & Monroe H.Rosenfeld
© MDCCCXCIX by Will Rossiter, Chicago
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 18 July 2010 at 12.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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