#195 - The Quilting Party

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Composer:
- John Fletcher, 1856
Also known as:
- Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party
- I Was Seeing Nellie Home
- When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home
- When I Saw Sweet Nelly Home
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Lyrics:
In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the bank the pale moon shone
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

chorus:
I was seeing Nellie home
I was seeing Nellie home
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

On my arm a soft hand rested
Rested like as ocean foam
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

On my lips a whisper trembled
Trembled till it dared to come
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

On my life new hopes were dawning
And those hopes have lived and grown
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home
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Lyrics:
In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the grass the moonlight fell
Hush'd the sound of daylight bustle
Closed the pink eyed pimpernell
As adown the moss grown wood path
Where the cattle love to roam
From an august evening party
I was seeing Nellie home.

chorus:
In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the grass the moonlight shone
From an august evening party
I was seeing Nellie home.

When the autumn tinged the greenwood
Turning all its leaves to the gold
In the lawn by elders shaded
I my love to Nellie told
As we stood together gazing
On the star bespangled dome
How I blessed the august evening
When I saw sweet Nellie home.

White hairs mingled with my tresses
Furrows steal upon my brow
But a love smile cheers and blesses
Life's declining moments now
Matron in the snowy kerchief
Closer to my bosom come
Tell me do'st thou still remember
When I saw sweet Nellie home.
- Frances Kyle, 1856¹⁾

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These lyrics refer to an evening party, not a quilting party