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Goodbye old home.
Sad is my heart to think that forever we must part.
You have sheltered me long from day to day.
'Tis the home where my children played,
Where I first looked on their sweet faces,
And welcomed each in their places,
Where each one came when day was done,
Where each one loved their place at home.
Oh, happy home, when all were there,
And there was not a vacant chair.
When the footsteps of my mate I heard,
Always my heart with love was stirred.
He was loving, loyal and kind to me,
So unselfishly trying to help me see,
That in us was filled his longing so long
For the comforts of wife, children and home.
How hard I tried to do my part,
With all my strength, with all my heart,
That the tie of home would be so strong,
That none among us would go wrong.
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How much I have failed he knows today,
As he looks down on us from far away.
And yet he is not far from here,
For so often I feel that he is near.
He has part of us there & part often came
To cheer me in the dear old home.
What happiness we have had together.
What comfort & joy they've been to their mother.
Now into the nice new house we will move.
That house has not known the dear past love,
Will it seem like home with its beauty & ease?
It will be nice, but I'll leave all these.
These rooms where we were all together.
Where our children looked to father & mother
For their joys, their comfort, their every need.
Will our teaching, council & love bear seed
That will guide them each to the One who gave.
To the One whose power alone can save?
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