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Dreaming of Home Sweet Home

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Supplementary Document

Title
Dreaming of Home Sweet Home - Lyrics
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
MacDonald, Ballard  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Dreaming of Home Sweet Home Verse: One by one the shades of night are creeping, All alone my silent watch I’m keeping, Gazing in the campfire’s flick’ring glow, Dreaming of the loved ones that I know. Refrain: First of all I can see my mother, and her head is bending low, While my daddy holds her hand, tries to make her understand I was best for her boy to go, then a girl with a heart that’s longing, Who’ll be true tho’ her sweetheart may roam, Oh! How real they seem in the campfire’s gleam when I’m dreaming of home sweet home. Verse: To my eyes in ev’ry glowing ember Hidden lies a face that I remember Smiling at me as if they would say “We are with you tho’ you’re far away.” Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
Local Identifier
2014_12996_141
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Dreaming of Home Sweet Home
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
MacDonald, Ballard  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-08-21
Lyrics
Dreaming of Home Sweet Home Verse: One by one the shades of night are creeping, All alone my silent watch I’m keeping, Gazing in the campfire’s flick’ring glow, Dreaming of the loved ones that I know. Refrain: First of all I can see my mother, and her head is bending low, While my daddy holds her hand, tries to make her understand I was best for her boy to go, then a girl with a heart that’s longing, Who’ll be true tho’ her sweetheart may roam, Oh! How real they seem in the campfire’s gleam when I’m dreaming of home sweet home. Verse: To my eyes in ev’ry glowing ember Hidden lies a face that I remember Smiling at me as if they would say “We are with you tho’ you’re far away.” Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_141
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleDreaming of Home Sweet Home
ComposerHanley, James F.  
LyricistMacDonald, Ballard  
PublisherShapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-08-21
LyricsDreaming of Home Sweet Home Verse: One by one the shades of night are creeping, All alone my silent watch I’m keeping, Gazing in the campfire’s flick’ring glow, Dreaming of the loved ones that I know. Refrain: First of all I can see my mother, and her head is bending low, While my daddy holds her hand, tries to make her understand I was best for her boy to go, then a girl with a heart that’s longing, Who’ll be true tho’ her sweetheart may roam, Oh! How real they seem in the campfire’s gleam when I’m dreaming of home sweet home. Verse: To my eyes in ev’ry glowing ember Hidden lies a face that I remember Smiling at me as if they would say “We are with you tho’ you’re far away.” Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 8
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_141
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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