a 1922 art song with violin or cello obligato
words by Roscoe Gilmore Stott
music by Geoffrey O’Hara
The sheet music:
Accompaniment – player piano roll Melodee #5056
played by Florence Beebe:
Lyrics
I love a little church-house
On a friendly little hill
I love a little school-house
With a flowering window sill
I love a little cottage
As it stands nearby a wood
I love them all so dearly
And I’ll tell you why I should
Because the little church-house
Is a beacon on the hill
Because the little school-house
Is a guidepost if you will
Because the little cottage
Where the toilers homeward plod
Is another of the builders
That keep building men for God!
I love a little cottage
As it stands nearby a wood
I love it oh so dearly
And I’ll tell you why I should
Because the little cottage
Where the toilers homeward plod
Is another of the builders
That keep building men for God!
Is another of the builders
That keep building men for God!
Sung here by Fred Feild: