Luke Abbott - Sweet Sunny South lyrics

Take me home to the place where I first saw the light To the sweet sunny South take me home Where the mockingbird sang me to rest every night Oh, why was I tempted to roam I think with regret of the dear home I left Of the kind hearts that sheltered me then Of the wife and the dear ones of whom I'm bereft And I sigh for the old place again Take me home to the land where the orange trees grow To my cot in the evergreen shade Where the flowers on the river's green margin may blow Their sweet on the banks where we played The path to our cottage they say has grown green And the place is quite lonely around And I know that the smiles and the forms that I've seen Now lie deep in the dark mossy ground Take me home, let me see what is left that I knew Can it be that the old house is gone The dear friends of my childhood indeed must be few And I must lament all alone But yet I'll return to the place of my birth Where the children have played around the door Where they pulled the white blossoms to garnish the hearth That will echo their footsteps no more Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To the sweet sunny South take me home Where the mockingbird sang me to rest every night Oh, why was I tempted to roam Tell me, why was I tempted to roam