Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1907

Comments

Words & Music by Herbert Ingraham

Photograph: Bobby Mathews and Herbert Ashley

Illustrator: Starmer

Published by Shapiro Music Publisher, Cor. Broadway & Thirty Ninth Street, New York.

Copyright 1907 by Maurice Shapiro Broadway & 39th St. N.Y. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

“Some of these resources may contain offensive stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the library or the institution.”

Lyrics

VERSE 1
The lights in the ballroom were flashing,
The dancers were happy and gay;
A young man sat watching his sweetheart,
They’d quarrelled and parted one day.
One more dance the ball will be over,
“Home-sweet-home” is the tune they will play,
At the first strain of music he went to her side,
And she heard him softly say:

REFRAIN
“Won’t you waltz ‘home-sweet-home’ with me, for old times sake?
To see another’s arms around you dear, makes my heart ache;
Won’t you be the same to me,
Like you always used to be?
Won’t you waltz ‘home-sweet-home’ with me for old times’ sake?”
sake?”

VERSE 2
It’s June time, the flowers are blooming;
The birds sweetly singing above.
All nature seems telling the story,
Of happiness won and of love.
Together they sit ev’ry evening,
There’s a baby now plays on the floor,
And their thoughts take them back to the night of the ball,
And to home sweet home once more:

REFRAIN

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