A popular song from 1916.
Words by Stanley Murphy.
Music by Albert Gumble.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- He was far away from “Home Sweet Home”
He long’d to roam
Among the pines of dear old Georgia
She was waiting for his coming, too
For he had written to his sweetheart, true
Chorus
I want you Georgia
My own sweet Georgia
I want to hear your voice once more
I see you standing there on the landing
As I come sailing to that good old Georgia shore
In the gloaming we’ll go roaming
Down in old Lover’s lane
While the whippoorwill upon the hill
Sings his sweet refrain
Oh, I’m so lonely for you my only
That’s why I’m coming back
To my old Georgia home
- Silv’ry stars were shining on the tide
When there she spied
A good ship sailing t’ward the landing
It was bringing home her darling boy
And she could hear him sing this song with joy
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: