On the Road to Home Sweet Home
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/ed09b290-c556-0134-2373-0050569601ca-5Descriptive Information
Title | On the Road to Home Sweet Home |
Composer | Van Alstyne, Egbert |
Lyricist | Van Alstyne, Egbert |
Publisher | Jerome H. Remick & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-12-29 |
Lyrics | On the Road to Home Sweet Home Verse: Somewhere the stars are gleaming. Somewhere the moon shines bright. Somewhere the boys are dreaming. And thru the weary night, To ev’ry heart that’s lonely There comes a vision fair. Just a picture of home sweet home And a loved one waiting there. Refrain: There’s a window light a‐burning bright for someone out there. There’s a heart that’s ever yearning and a head bowed down in pray’r. There’s a loving hand to guide him Where e’er he may roam, Back again to peaceful valley On the road to home sweet home. Verse: Somewhere the day is breaking, Somewhere the bugle calls. Somewhere a heart is aching, Somewhere a tear drop falls. But there’s a smile behind it, Hope whispers, “Don’t you sigh, It’s a long way to home sweet home, We’ll get there bye and bye.” Refrain |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_532 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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