by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest
Language: English
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Song", appears in Kéramos and Other Poems, first published 1878 [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 John Francis Barnett (1837 - 1916), "Stay at home", published c1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Henry Behrend (1853 - 1935), "Stay, stay at home", published 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Berger (1834 - 1933), "Stay at home" [ partsong for boys' chorus or girls' chorus and piano ], from Two-Part Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Swan Brown, Mrs. , "Stay at home my heart and rest", published 1885 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Bunning (1863 - 1937), "Home's best", published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lorenzo Camilieri (1878 - 1956), "To stay at home is best", published 1921 [ partsong: satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adam (von Ahn) Carse (1878 - 1958), "Stay, stay at home, my heart", published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. ten. Cate , "To stay at home is best" [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Cirillo , "To stay at home is best", published 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870 - 1922), "Stay, stay at home, my heart", op. 28 (Ten Songs) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "Stay at home", published 1892 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], from Longfellow's Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Cutter, Jr. , "Song of home", published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by S. C. Harrison , "Oh, stay at home, my heart", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John C. Kelly , "Stay, stay at home", published 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "Home song", published 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolai Mednikoff , "To stay at home is best", published 1925 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward H. Phelps , "To stay at home is best", published 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Silas Gamaliel Pratt (1846 - 1916), "Stay at home, my heart, and rest", published 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Price , "Stay at home" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith S. Redfield , "Stay at home", published 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. C. Schuler , "Stay at home", published 1883 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berthold Tours (1838 - 1897), "To stay at home is best" [ partsong or chorus: SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Wadsworth , "Stay at home", published 1879 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Uda Waldrop , "Stay home my heart", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "Home-Keeping Hearts", published 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-24
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