NELSON EDDY sings “Goin’ Home” in 1944. The melody is from Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, also known as the New World Symphony, which was composed in 1893 in Iowa.

There are different versions of the song. Here is one:

Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home)
Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home)

Goin’ home, goin’ home, I’m a goin’ home
Quiet like, still some day, I’m just goin’ home
It’s not far, just close by, through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Going to fear no more
Mother’s there, expecting me
Father’s waiting too (father is waiting too)
Lots of folks gathered there (folks gathered there)
All the friends I knew
Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home, goin’ home)
Goin’ home

Morning star lights the way
Restless dream all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life just begun
There’s no break, ain’t no end
Just a living on (just a living on)
Wide awake with a smile, going on and on
Goin’ home, goin’ home, I’m a goin’ home (goin’ home)
It’s not far, just close by, I’m a goin’ home
Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home, goin’ home)
Goin’ home

Nothing’s lost, all is gain, no longing for the day
No more stumbling on the way
No more fret nor pain
Goin’ home, goin’ home, I’m a goin’ home
Quiet like, still some day, I’m a goin’ home

I’m just goin’ home
I’m a goin’ home
Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home)
Goin’ home (goin’ home, goin’ home)
Home

— Comments —

Joe A. writes:

Simply beautiful. The story of its on-again, off-again relationship with Longfellow’s “The Song of Hiawatha” is worth reviewing, too. Wikipedia does a halfway credible job of it.

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