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HOME, SWEET HOME.
"It shall be a royal mansion,
A fair and beautiful thing,
It will be the presence-chamber
Of thy Saviour, Lord and King.
A fair and beautiful thing,
It will be the presence-chamber
Of thy Saviour, Lord and King.
"Thy house shall be bound with pinions.
To mansions of rest above,
But grace shall forge all the fetters
With the links and cords of love.
To mansions of rest above,
But grace shall forge all the fetters
With the links and cords of love.
"Thou shalt be free in this mansion
From sorrow and pain of heart,
For the peace of God shall enter,
And never again depart."
From sorrow and pain of heart,
For the peace of God shall enter,
And never again depart."
Home, Sweet Home.
Sharers of a common country,
They had met in deadly strife;
Men who should have been as brothers
Madly sought each other's life.
They had met in deadly strife;
Men who should have been as brothers
Madly sought each other's life.
In the silence of the even,
When the cannon's lips were dumb,
When the cannon's lips were dumb,
