From the musical “Up She Goes”, 1922
Words by Joseph McCarthy
Music by Harry Tierney
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. Every heart has a fond desire
Secret wish divine
You’ve had love thoughts that must inspire
Just as I’ve had mine
Tried to picture in the air
What it all might be
Humble cot and who might share
Just that place with me
Oh dear, we’re here
REFRAIN
Home Sweet Home
We’ll call it Journey’s End
All our own
Where love’s sweet dream we’ll spend
Day by Day
We’ll kiss all cares away
In peace alone
Where no one else has a word to say
Evermore I’ll live within your eyes
‘Round our door, the birds will harmonize
And in one sweet chord
Our every thought will blend
‘Round Home Sweet Home
Journey’s End
2. Every boy draws with silent joy
Hazy sort of plan
Just a home from ground to dome
He’ll own when a man
Not so much the house we knew
That he plans with pride
Someone else he cares for so
Makes it home inside
Oh dear, we’re here