To the Misses Lillie and Gussie D'Alve.
"I Would No Die Away From Home" (18 August 1878)
(Vocal Duett.)
from "Modern Ballads
as sung by the D'Alve Sisters
throughout the United States"
Words & Music by Paul Stenton
(pseud. for Septimus Winner, 1827-1902)

[Source: 09800@LoC;
Philadelphia: Sep. Winner & Son,
Plate No. 8.18.78]

1.
I would not die away from home,
  From all my heart holds dear,
From friends belov'd far, far away,
  Without a word of cheer;
    From friends belov'd far, far away,
    Without a word of cheer.

REFRAIN
I would not die away from home,
  From all my heart holds dear,
From friends belov'd far, far away,
  Without a word of cheer.

2.
O let me die beneath the roof
  I honor as my home,
That I may be with those I love,
  When death's dark shadows come;
    That I may be with those I love,
    When death's dark shadows come.

(REFRAIN)

3.
O let me rest beneath the sod,
  Near those I used to love;
Beside the old folks, gone before,
  To better realms above.
    Beside the old folks, gone before,
    To better realms above.

(REFRAIN)