I Left My German Home

I love to think about the days
So full of joy and glee
That never will come back again to me
Oh! It was many years ago
When but a little boy
That I lived there so happy life and free
I used to play about all day
And drive the cows and sheep
Until I was as tired as I could be
When my evening prayers were said
['d lay me down to sleep
In my little German home across the sea

    No matter where I roam
    I don't forget my home
    That home that ever was so dear to me
    Oh! It was many times a day
    My thoughts would fly away
    To my little German home across the sea

I never shall forget the day
I left that foreign land
To sail across the stormy ocean foam
My friends around me come to me
And took me by the hand
And hoped that safely back again I'd come
My father and my mother old
They both stood by the door
And gave a cheerful blessing unto me
But now they're both dead and gone
I ne'er shall see them more
In the little German home across the sea