A popular song from 1923.
Words and music by Isadore Kopperl.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I left home some years ago
As happy as could be
To the city I must go
Bright lights I craved to see
I left Mother dear and Dad
This big wide world to roam
And in fancy I can see
Those boyhood days so free
And I’m longing for dear old home
CHORUS
Take me back to dear old Carolina
Take me with you when you go
I’m longing for my Mother and my Daddy
Lo’dy how I miss them so
I’m so awfully sad and blue and lonesome
I don’t care no more to roam
Take me back to dear old Dear old Carolina
Take me to my sunny southern home
2. In my dreams so plain and clear
When trouble came my way
I could see my Mother dear
As tho’ ’twere yesterday
I can feel her warm caress
And hear her say to me
When you need a friend that’s true
Your Mother waits for you
And I’m longing for dear old home