Sad News from Home.

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Sad news from home for me;
Friends gather there in gloom —
Friends who have joined in glee,
Oft, in that cottage home.
But, oh! how that home is changed now!
No longer joyful hearts are there;
Within the tomb that aged brow,
That aged father's free from care.

Chorus.
Sad news from home for me;
Friends gather there in gloom —
Friends who have joined in glee,
Oft, in that cottage home.

Lonely a mother weeps,
Breaking her heart in vain,
Mourning for him who sleeps,
Ne'er to awake again.
And, oh! her loved ones by her side,
So sadly gazing through each tear,
Without a father for their guide,
Can ne'er again feel happy here.

Chorus.
Sad news from home for me, &c.

46

Far, far sway I roam,
Far from my native land;
Oft will I sigh for home —
Sigh for each kindred hand.
Though I may ne'er again behold
The home and friends so dear to me,
There is a heaven, we are told,
Where all that's good on earth shall be.

Chorus.
Sad news from home for me, &c.