Good News From Home
“Good news from home, good news for me
Has come across the deep blue sea
From friends that I have left in tears
And since we parted long ago
My life has been a scene of woe
But now a joyful hour has come
For I have heard good news from home.
Chorus
Good news from home, good news from home
Has come across the deep blue sea.
From friends that I have left in tears
From friends I have not seen for years.
No father near to guide me now
No mother near to sooth my brow
No sisters voice falls on mine ear
Nor brother’s smile to give me cheer
But though I wander far away
My heart is full of joy today
New friends across the ocean foam
Have sent to me good news from home
When shall I see that cottage door
Where I’ve spent years of joy before.
Chorus
T’was then I knew no grief or care
My heart was always happy there
Though I may never see it more
Nor stand upon my native shore
Wherever on earth I am doomed to roam
My heart will be with those at home.
Ethel Holm
* Tune: “Barney take me Home again.”
Ethel Holm was born on Saba at Windwardside September 4th, 1901. Daughter of George William Christian Holm and Eldarena Hassell. She was a sister of Captains. Irvin and Ralph Holm.
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