[1] There's a happy childhood home (there's a happy childhood home)
In my memory I can see (in my memory I can see)
Standing out upon the hill (standing out upon the hill)
'Neath the shadow of the [5] tree ('neath the shadow of the tree)
If I only had my [1] way (if I only had my way)
It would give my heart a thrill (it would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back (just to simply wander back)
To the [5] cabin on the [1] hill (to the cabin on the hill)

Oh I want to wander back (oh I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)
'Neath the shadow of the tree ('neath the shadow of the tree)
I would like to linger still (I would like to linger still)
Just to be with those I love (just to be with those I love)
Joy my heart would overfill (joy my heart would overfill)
And I want to wander back (and I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)

But the saddest of it all (but the saddest of it all)
I can never more return (I can never more return)
To that happy childhood home (to that happy childhood home)
Matters not how much I yearn (matters not how much I yearn)
If I only had my way (If I only had my way)
It would give my heart a thrill (it would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back (just to simply wander back)
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)

Oh I want to wander back (oh I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)
'Neath the shadow of the tree ('neath the shadow of the tree)
I would like to linger still (I would like to linger still)
Just to be with those I love (just to be with those I love)
Joy my heart will overfill (joy my heart will overfill)
And I want to wander back (and I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)