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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



AN AMERICAN'S SONG OF HOME 



John Howard Payne 



HOME, SWEET HOME 



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I. 'Mid pleasures and pal ■- a-ces.. though we may roam, Be it ev - er so 

 3. I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear Wild, And., feel that my 

 3. An ex - ile from home, splen-dor daz - zles in vain : Oh,. . . give me my 



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hum-ble. there's no place like home . A charm from the skies seems to hal - low us 

 moth-er now thinks of her child; As she looks on that moon from our own cot-tage 

 low - ly thatch'd cot-tage a - gain ; The birds sing-ing gai - ly. that ^ame at my 





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Which. seek thro" tiie world, is ne'er met with else - where. 



Thro' the wood - bine where fra - grance shall cheer me no more. 



Give me them, and that peace of mind,. dear - er than all. 



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