Betty Elders Lyrics
"My Father's Home"

Oh carry me back to my home
For to find my father dear
'Tis sure his call hath reached my heart
Far across this wide, wide sphere

His home sits by the Northern Sea
Where the wind doth frosty blow
And the nightbird trembles 'neath her wing
Where the frigid waters go

Oh carry me my father's home
Though his name I've never heard
'Tis sure my heart would know his voice
It's where I'm bound to go

All the friends I've loved from here are gone
Their sweet smiles now memories
Oh carry me back to my home
And my distant family
For to be a lost and lonely lass
Leaveth me to fate unkind
And it warms me now to think of those
Fair faces far beyond

Oh carry me my father's home
Though his name I've never heard
'Tis sure my heart would know his voice
It's where I'm bound to go