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Goin’ Home, 'From the New World'
English source:
William Arms Fisher
Goin' home, goin' home,
I'm a goin' home;
Quiet like, some still day,
I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
Work all done, care laid by,
gwine to fear no more.
Mother's there 'spectin' me,
Father's waitin' too;
Lots o'folk gather'd there,
All the friends I knew.
Home, home, I'm goin' home!
Nothin' lost, all's gain,
No more fret nor pain,
No more stumblin' on the way,
No more longin' for the day,
Gwine to roam no more!
Mornin' star lights the way,
Res'less dreams all done;
Shadows gone, break o'day,
Real life jes' begun.
Dere's no break, ain't no end,
Jes' a livin' on;
Wide awake, with a smile
Goin' on and on.
Goin' home, goin' home,
I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
I'm jes' goin' home.
Goin' home.
I'm a goin' home;
Quiet like, some still day,
I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
Work all done, care laid by,
gwine to fear no more.
Mother's there 'spectin' me,
Father's waitin' too;
Lots o'folk gather'd there,
All the friends I knew.
Home, home, I'm goin' home!
Nothin' lost, all's gain,
No more fret nor pain,
No more stumblin' on the way,
No more longin' for the day,
Gwine to roam no more!
Mornin' star lights the way,
Res'less dreams all done;
Shadows gone, break o'day,
Real life jes' begun.
Dere's no break, ain't no end,
Jes' a livin' on;
Wide awake, with a smile
Goin' on and on.
Goin' home, goin' home,
I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
I'm jes' goin' home.
Goin' home.
Composer
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Read his full…
