#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
  
  
  • traditional
• 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⁾