====== #1016 - The Miner's Dream of Home ======
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  *Composer:
    *Leo Dryden (1863-1939), 1891
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
It is ten weary years since I left England's shore,\\
In a far distant country to roam,\\
How I long to return to my own native land,\\
To my friends and the old folks at home!\\
Last night, as I slumbered, I had a strange dream,\\
One that seemed to bring distant friends near,\\
I dream of Old England, the land of my birth,\\
To the heart of her sons ever dear.\\
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I saw the old homestead and faces I love,\\
I saw England's valleys and dells,\\
I listen'd with joy, as I did when a boy,\\
To the sound of the old village bells.\\
The log was burning brightly,\\
'Twas a night that should banish all sin,\\
For the bells went ringing the old year out,\\
And the new year in.\\
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While the joyous bells rang swift I wended my way\\
To the cot where I lived when a boy;\\
And I looked in the window, Yes! there by the fire,\\
Sat my parents! my heart filled with joy.\\
The tears trickled down my bronzed, furrowed cheek\\
As I gazed on my mother so dear,\\
I knew in my heart she was raising a prayer\\
For the boy whom she dreamt not was near!\\
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As the door of the cottage we met face to face,\\
'Twas the first time for ten weary years;\\
Soon the past was forgotten, we stood hand in hand,\\
Father, mother, and wand'rer in tears!\\
Once more in the fireplace the oak log burns bright,\\
And I promised no more would I roam;\\
As I sat in the old vacant chair by the hearth,\\
And I sang the dear song "Home, Sweet Home!"\\
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    *Will Godwin (?-1913), 1891