A popular song from 1899
Words and music by Howard Graham and Monroe H. Rosenfeld
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I have roamed thro’ sunny Italy
And France and England, too
Thro’ the world I’ve wandered nearly everywhere
I have seen the grandest palaces
That one could wish to view
The homes of splendor, wealth and fashion rare
But in all the lands I’ve visited
I never yet could find
A spot beneath the starry dome above
Like the simple little cottage
Which is ever in my mind
The home of the girl I love
Chorus:
There’s a little cottage standing
On the Susquehanna shore
There’s a little maiden waiting
By the ivy-covered door
Tho’ ’tis humble, yet it’s dear to me
With memories of yore
‘Tis the home of the girl I love
- There’s a dear old gray-haired mother
Sitting by the fireside
There’s a loving daughter seated at her knee
On her finger gleams a golden band
Which means she’ll be my bride
For she has pledged her trusting heart to me
So, speed me on, oh! noble ship
That proudly sails the foam
Beneath the bright and happy stars above
For I’m longing to return again
Unto that cottage home
The home of the girl I love
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: