[Copyright [?]
Filed in U,.S, Dict. Clerk's office, S.Dist. Office
Oct. 29, 1866]
Gems for the Household
A Collection of
Beautiful Songs
by
W[illia]m. Bell Adamson,

1. Yes, the flag of our Union shall wave still ... Song and Chorus. 3.
2. Jennie Lorn. ..................................   "   "     "    3.
3. Oh sweet was the spring time of life gone by.     "   "     "    3 1/2.
4. Columbia, freedom & Home. ....................... "   "     "    3 1/2.
5. Heard ye the news[?]............................. "   "     "    3.

[No. 5]
"Heard Ye the News?" [c1865; 29 Oct 1866; 5 Feb 1867]
or
Welcome the Soldier Home.
SONG AND CHORUS
Words and Music by
William Bell Adamson

Detroit, MI: J. HENRY WHITTEMORE, 1799 Jefferson Ave.
[COPYRIGHT
Feb 5 1867
LIBRARY]
[33592]
[M 1640
  .A]
[Source: 1865-200000810@LoC/IHAS-CWM]

1. Heard  ye, the news, how the war is o’er,
And peace proclaimed from shore to shore?
Heard ye the martial strains resound
With the measured tread of homeward bound?

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
Then welcome the soldier home, 
 the sailor, and soldier home,
Let the bells ring out, let the people shout, 
 for the brave are welcome home.

2. Heard ye, the old flag floats once more,
In regal beauty as of yore,
On the walls of Sumpter it waves on high,
Its tattered fold ’gainst the azure sky?

3. Twine ye the laurel, the laurel green,
And wreath the brow of noble mien,
Enroll their names and the deeds they’ve done,
While freedom smiles on the vict’rey won.

[Girl I left behind me]
4. O saw ye, the throng of the fair and the brave,
As they met, how it did remind me,
Of parting’s fond, and the music’s wave,
The girl I left behind me.

5. O saw ye, the heroes of Richmond, home,
With the meteors of Sherman prancing,
And Sheridan brave, on his coal black roan,
’Mong the war steeds proudly dancing.