Lyrics:
Like a dream it comes to me,
And the hallowed walls I see,
Of the homestead where I stray'd a happy child;
Near the meadow by the brook
In a fair and cosy nook,
There it nestled 'mid the roses sweet and wild,
Like a picture bright of old
In its frame of autumn gold,
Or when summer daisies gave the place a charm;
Back it comes to me today,
Tho' I now am far away,
And I seem a boy again “Down on the farm.”
chorus:
There the sweetest days of life
Far from every care and strife
Went gliding by and brought no shade of harm,
Oh, I'd give this world to be
Once again a boy so free,
In the dear old homestead nook down on the farm.
There a mother fond and sweet,
Ev'ry morn her boy would greet,
With a smile that only angels could bestow;
There she bade me sad goodbye,
With a gentle tearful sigh,
When I left my home 'mid other scenes to go,
She is sleeping in her grave,
But the lessons that she gave,
Come like angel tho'ts to shield her boy from harm;
Tho' a palace were my lot,
Ne'er on earth could be forgot,
Those delightful boyhood days “Down on the farm.”
final chorus:
Sweet vision of childhood,
Sweet vision of childhood,
Dearer than all to me.
