(I Want To Go Back)
A popular song from 1922
Words by A. Seymour Brown
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. I got a letter yesterday
And you’ll believe me when I say
I never knew how happy I could really be
And so I packed my little grip
I’m on my way to take a trip
My heart is yearning and I’m returning
To a bit of Heaven o’er the sea
Chorus:
I want to go back once more
To the town of Ballymore
Where all the little Shamrocks grow
To all the folks who love me so
They’ll be waitin’ at the station
Just to start the celebration
There’ll be Bagpipes, Ragpipes, every kind of pipes
A-playin’ tunes I love so well
Bells a-ringin’, my dad a-singin’
Skin am a-rink a roodle
Sure I’m going off my noodle
Oh, the moon’s shining bright on Killarney tonight
That’s the one spot on earth I long to be
I’m goin’ to see my dear old Mother Machree
She’ll dance an Irish reel with me
So come on and join the Jubilee
A divil a-time there’s goin’ to be
Ireland is free
2. I’ve been away for quite a while
And now I’m goin’ back in style
I’m just the family black sheep
I just had to roam
I know your mouth will water, too
For my old Mother’s Irish stew
I’ve got to go there, if I must row there
After all to me it’s Home Sweet Home