Lyrics
(Melody by Henry Bishop, Lyrics by John Howard Payne, 1823)
Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere.
Refrain
Home, Home, sweet, sweet home.
Be it ever so humble,
There’s no place like home!
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain,
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gaily, that come at my call;
Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all. Refrain
To thee, I’ll return, overburdened with care,
The heart’s dearest solace will smile on me there.
No more from that cottage again will I roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. Refrain
See also
- Subject: choral music
- Form: AB
- Harmony:Â chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: Book of a Thousand Songs, Albert Ernest Wier, 1918
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody