ON THE ROAD TO HOME SWEET HOME
(Music: Rovert Van Alstyne / Lyrics: Gus Kahn)


Percy Hemus - 1918


Somewhere the stars are gleaming, somewhere the Moon shines bright
Somewhere the boys are dreaming and through the weary night
To ev'ry heart that's lonely there comes a vision fair
Just a picture of Home Sweet Home and a loved one waiting there

There's a window light a-burning for someone out there
There's a heart that's ever yearning and a head bowed down in prayer
There's a loving hand to guide him where e're he may roam
Back again to peaceful valley on the road to Home Sweet Home

Somewhere the day is breaking, somewhere the bugle calls
Somewhere a heart is aching, somewhere a teardrop falls
But there's a smile behind it, hope whispers, "Don't you sigh"
It's a long way to Home Sweet Home, but we'll get there bye and bye

There's a window light a-burning for someone out there
There's a heart that's ever yearning and a head bowed down in prayer
There's a helping hand to guide him where e're he may roam
Back again to peaceful valley on the road to Home Sweet Home






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2015)