by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
He’ll come home
Language: English
Chorus: He’ll come home, He'll not forget me, For his word is always true. He's gone to sup The deadly cup, And while the long night through, He's gone to quaff, And talk and laugh To while the drear night through; Chorus: He’ll come home, He'll not forget me, For his word is always true. He'll come home with tears And pleading words And ask me to forget. Can I be his While he is mine And cause him one regret? My heart may break, But for his sake I'll do all I can do. Chorus: He’ll come home, He'll not forget me, For his word is always true. He'll come home with sorrow on his heart That none but he can know, With pangs of thought, How dearly bought! And fears of coming woe; He'll feel the cost of days now lost That time can ne'er renew. Chorus: He’ll come home, He'll not forget me, For his word is always true.
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- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), title 1: "The wife", title 2: "He'll come 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):
- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "The wife", alternate title: "He'll come home", published 1860. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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