Take me back to the place where I first saw the light
To that sweet sunny south take me home
Where the mockingbird sings me to sleep every night
Oh why was I tempted to roam
I think with regret of the dear home I left
Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there
Of my wife and my family for whom I’m bereft
For the old place again do I sigh
Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
To my home in the evergreen shade
Where the flowers from the river’s green margin did grow
And spread their sweet scent through the glade
Oh the path to our cottage they say has grown green
And the place is quite lonely around
And I know that the places and the forms that I love
Now lie ‘neath the cold mossy ground
Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep
For Martha lies buried close by
O’er the graves of my loved ones I long for to weep
and among them to rest when I die
But yet I return to the place of my birth
For the children have played ’round the door
And I know that no matter how long I may live
‘Twill echo their footsteps no more
[1] Take me back to the place where I first saw the [5] light
To that [1] sweet sunny south take me [4] home
Where the [1] mockingbird [4] sings me to [1] sleep every [5] night
Oh [1] why was I [5] tempted to [1] roam
I think with regret of the dear home I left
Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there
Of my wife and my family for whom I’m bereft
For the old place again do I sigh
Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
To my home in the evergreen shade
Where the flowers from the river’s green margin did grow
And spread their sweet scent through the glade
Oh the path to our cottage they say has grown green
And the place is quite lonely around
And I know that the places and the forms that I love
Now lie ‘neath the cold mossy ground
Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep
For Martha lies buried close by
O’er the graves of my loved ones I long for to weep
and among them to rest when I die
But yet I return to the place of my birth
For the children have played ’round the door
And I know that no matter how long I may live
‘Twill echo their footsteps no more
| Songwriter(s): |
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Traditional |
| Band/Artist: |
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The Bluegrass Album Band |
