Then Hurrah For Home
Air: A Few Days
Put's Golden Songster:
containing the largest and most popular collection of California songs ever published
by John A Stone
San Francisco : D.E. Appleton & Co., 1858
1
I'm going home to stop awhile;
Farewell! Farewell!
Before I go we'll take a smile
Then hurrah for home!
These banking thieves I will not trust,
Farewell! Farewell!
But with me take my little dust,
Then hurrah for home!
2
Oh, won't I have some high old times,
Farewell! Farewell!
Telling yarns about the mines?
Then hurrah for home!
I'll leave this world of rags and dirt,
Farewell! Farewell!
And wear a plug and ruffle shirt!
Then hurrah for home!
3
I'll put on airs like Harry Meiggs,
Farewell! Farewell!
Live on oysters, ham and eggs,
Then hurrah for home!
I'll sink enough to pay my fare,
Farewell! Farewell!
Return when tired of staying there,
Then hurrah for home!
Chorus:
Although I like the diggings,
Farewell! Farewell!
Although I like the diggings,
I'm going to leave!
For I can't always be with you,
Farewell! Farewell!
For I can't always be with you,
Then hurrah for home!
(Repeat)
Score from the Library Of Congress
Score from the Lester S Levy Collection