Lyrics:
Nevermore I'll stray in gladness,
'Mid the scenes that my happy childhood knew;
And my heart is filled now with sadness
To leave thee, dear old home so true!
Where the birds all the long day are calling,
There my heart still shall be where'er I roam;
Oh, to leave thee, tears are sadly falling,
Good-bye my dear old Southern home!
chorus:
Oh, 'tis sad now to bid thee adieu!
But I'll love thee wherever I roam;
And my heart ever back to thee will wander,
Good-bye to my old Southern home!
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Where the sweet magnolia's growing,
Is the land that I'll ever long to see;
Tho' afar my steps now are going,
No dearer home than this can be!
in my dreams I'll return to thee ever,
Tho' afar now in sorrow I must roam;
And my heart shall cease to love thee never,
Good-bye to my old Southern home!
