(When You’re Longing For Home Sweet Home)
A popular song from 1921
Words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- The longer you roam, the longer the yearning
You seem to feel something is wrong
You want to get home and in your returning
The pangs of your heart, make the journey so long
Chorus:
The last little mile is the longest
The last little mile going home
You stop on the way to swallow a tear
You stop and you say “Thank heaven I’m here”
You’ll find yourself praying the strongest
When nearing the ones left alone
Oh the last little mile is the longest
When you’re longing for home, Sweet home
- The house on the hill, a candle light gleaming
Is someone at home old and gray?
Your heart seems to fill with dreams you’ve been dreaming
You seem to be near, but you’re so far away
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: