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SWEET
HOME.
11,
11,
11,
11,
5,
11.
"We
rejoice
by
faith
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God."-ROM.
5: 2.
HOWARD
PAYNE,
1823.
Key
of
E
Flat.
SIR
HENRY
BISHOP,
about
1826.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1.
'Mid
scenes
of
con-fu-sion
and
creature
complaints,
How
sweet
to
my
soul
is
communion
with
saints;
To
find
at
the
banquet
of
mer
-
cy
there's
2.
Sweet
bonds
that
unite
all
the
chil
-
dren
of
peace,
And
thrice
precious
Jesus,
whose
love
cannot
cease;
Though
oft
from
thy
presence
in
sad
-
ness
I
3.
I
sigh
from
this
body
of
sin
to
be
free,
Which
hinders
my
joy
and
communion
with
thee;
Though
now
my
temptations
like
bil
-
lows
may
ff
CHORUS.
room,
And
feel
in
the
presence
of
Je
-
sus
at
home.
Home,
home, sweet,
sweet
home;
Pre
-
pare
me,
dear
Saviour,
for
glo
-
ry,
my
home.
roam,
And
feel
in
the
presence
of
Je
-
sus
at
home.
Home,
home,
sweet,
sweet
home;
Pre-pare
me,
dear
Saviour,
for
glo
-
ry,
my
home.
foam,
All,
all
will
be
peace
when
I'm
with
thee
at
home.
Home,
home,
sweet,
sweet
home;
Pre
-
pare
me,
dear
Saviour,
for
glo
-
ry,
my
home.
"Sweet
Home,"
according
to
the
older
histories,
was
composed
by
John
Howard
Payne,
being
one
of
the
airs
of
his
opera,
"Clari,
the
Maid
of
Milan,"
used
by
him
in
London
in
1823.
It
is
asserted
by
Mackey,
an
English
poet,
that
Sir
Henry
Bishop,
an
eminent
musician,
composed
the
music,
and
that
the
air
of
this
tune
was
of
Sicilian
nationality.
It
is
certain,
however,
that
John
Howard
Payne
was
the
author
of
the
words,
"Mid
scenes
and
confusion,"
etc.
He
was
an
American,
born
in
New
York
in
1791.
He
was
a
singer
of
great
ability,
and
wrote
many
tunes.
It
is
claimed
by
some,
and
it
seems
on
good
authority,
that
he
wrote
the
music
of
"Sweet
Home"
in
1823,
as
well
as
the
words,
when
he
was
himself
homeless,
without
friends
or
money,
and
among
strangers,
resting,
temporarily,
in
an
attic
in
Paris.
His
fortune
after
this
time,
however,
improved,
and
he
was
appointed
by
the
United
States
Government
as
Consul
to
Tunis,
where
he
died
in
1852.
He
began
his
usefulness
as
a
clerk
when
13
years
of
age,
and
edited
a
newspaper
at
that
age
in
New
York.
The
publishers
of
"Sweet
Home"
cleared
2,000
guineas
in
two
years.
In
1832
more
than
100,000
copies
had
been
sold.
Returned
to
America
in
1832,
and
in
1841
he
represented
his
county
as
consul.
In
1851
he
was
re-
appointed.
The
United
States
has
erected
a
monument
over
his
remains
at
the
Cemetry
St.
George,
Tunis,
and
a
bust
has
also
been
placed
in
Prospect
Park,
Brooklyn.