Clari, or the Maid of Milan

Opera by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 - 1855)

Home, Sweet Home

Language: English

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
    Home! Home! sweet, sweet home!
    There's no place like home!

An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again.
The birds singing gaily that came at my call; --
Give me them -- and the peace of mind dearer than all!
    Home! Home! sweet, sweet home!
    There's no place like home!

Text Authorship:

by John Howard Payne (1791 - 1852), "Home, Sweet Home" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Set by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 - 1855) [ voice and piano ]

Confirmed with Poems that Never Die or Golden Thoughts from the World’s Best Authors, compiled by Margaret M. Browning, [no city]: L.G. Stahl, 1901, page 76.

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Total word count: 94