"Dearest Spot of Earth to Me Is Home" (13 Jan 1857) Sung by Miss Adelaide Phillipps Composed by W[illiam]. T[homas]. Wrighton[, 1816-1880] Philadelphia: Beck and Lawton, 166 Chestnut St, Cor. 7th Successors to J. E. Gould Boston: Oliver Ditson New York: S. T. Gordon Cincinnati: Truay & Baldwin [Source: CALL NUMBER M1.A12V vol. 101 Case Class original bound volume PART OF American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1820-1860 REPOSITORY Library of Congress. Music Division. DIGITAL ID sm1857 630790 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1857.630790] 1. The dearest spot of earth to me Is Home, sweet Home! The fairy land I long to see Is Home! sweet Home! There, how charm’d the sense of hearing! There, where love is so endearing! All the world is not so cheering As Home sweet Home! The dearest spot of earth to me Is Home sweet Home The fairy land I long to see Is Home sweet Home! 2. I’ve taught my heart the way to prize My Home, sweet Home! I’ve learned to look with lover’s eyes On Home! sweet Home! There, where vows are truly plighted! There, where hearts are so united! All the world besides I’ve slighted For Home, sweet Home! The dearest spot of earth to me Is Home sweet Home The fairy land I long to see Is Home sweet Home!