Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_12826-California
https://archive.org/details/78_california_club-royal-orchestra-cliff-friend-con-conrad-clyde-doerr_gbia0015649aPublication Date
1902
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When a child I lived a life
Of peace without alloy,
Gathered blossoms ev'ry day,
A childhood full of joy;
Lillies grew beside my path to gather at my will,
And the perfume of their petals lives beside me still.
[Refrain]
California,
land of blossoms,
land of friendships true,
California,
land of sunshine,
my heart turns to you,
Land of peace and land of plenty,
Land for which I sigh,
California,
California, there I'd live and die.
[Verse 2]
Years ago I left my home
Of sunshine flow'rs and song,
And the pathway of my journey
Had been wide and long.
How I long to gather roses 'neath that sunny sky,
Long to see the poppies blooming there before I die.
[Refrain]
Recommended Citation
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, "California" (1902). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 175.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/175
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
California
Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Published at The Bond Shop by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son Incorporated
746 So. Michigan Ave. Chicago
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