by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953)
Homeland
Language: English
There's a Homeland, a free land, Across the sea, Where they watch and wait, And trust in me. I'll go back to that land When my task is done; I'll go back to that land When my fight is won, And say to them that mourn: "God's peace is yours forevermore." There's a Homeland, a red land, About me here, Where they watch and wait, Nor weep nor fear. I'll go back from this land When my task is done; I'll go back from this land When my fight is won, Saying to them that mourn: "God's peace is yours forevermore."
Authorship:
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), written 1918 [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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Homeland", op. 35 (1918), published 1918, copyright © 1918, first performed 1918, New York: Harold Flammer [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Jeffrey Snider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
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Word count: 101