Part 3 — "'TIS HOME WHERE THE HEART IS."
Reading edition
WORDS BY MISS L. M. BROWN.
MUSIC COMPOSED BY KARL W. PETERSILIE,
Professor of Music at the Edgeworth Seminary, N. C.
Presented by George Willig, No. 171 Chesnut Street, Philad'a. [Copyright secured.]
SECOND VERSE.
I've courted the breath of a balm southern clime, Where sweetest of flow'rs, soft tendrils entwine; Have listed the song bird's notes borne on the air, That wakens and wafts the rich odors elsewhere; As tones on the ear so the dream of the past, Softly plays round the heart-green isle of the waste; Yes! 'twas all a life-dream, and still 'tis not gone, Oh, 'tis home where the heart is, where the heart is 'tis home.
THIRD VERSE.
I've cross'd the blue sea, I've sought out a home In the land of the free, freedom beckon'd me come; And friends of the stranger have sooth'd the sad heart, With kindness and sympathy, sweet balm for the smart; The light of the soul, doth play round it still, Like the perfume the urn, in which roses distil; Thoughts of affection forbid me to roam, Oh, 'tis home where the heart is, where the heart is 'tis home.