A 1916 popular song.
Words by William Jerome.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- My heart at night keeps a-roaming fields of new mown hay
My heart roams on in the gloaming down New England way
I know a vacant chair is waiting there and I can see
A sweet and loving pair with open arms held out for me
Chorus
I want to plant a picture in your mind
Where folks are kind and true
Even roses kissed by dew nod a welcome home to you
Where there’s a “glad-to-see-you” light that lies
In someone’s eyes of blue
It’s a happy place a smile on ev’ry face
You wouldn’t dare to wear a frown
My heart is way down there in mother’s care
In that old New England town
2. When I wake up in the morning from my land of dreams
Just as the new day is dawning life much brighter seems
The skies are always fair and that is where I long to rest
In dreams I’m always there back in the town I love the best
Sung here by Fred Feild: