 | The Music of Stephen C. Foster . |  |
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A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME.
BALLAD.
[1]
Far from my childhoods scenes, with weary steps I roam;Laden with weight of care, a thousand miles from home;
Old times return to me,
Days of pleasure nights of glee;
While I'm beyond the sea a thousand miles from home.
A thousand miles from home.
Oh! how the heart will droop, a thousand miles from home.
[2]
Where are those early hopes, that made my footsteps stray;Faded while summer bowers, are blooming on my way;
Sweet song of birds I hear,
Childhood's voices bright and clear;
All fail my soul to cheer a thousand miles from home.
A thousand miles from home.
Oh: how the heart will droop, a thousand miles from home.
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