Home, Sweet Home
Author: John Howard Payne
This chart compares versions of the English text of Home, Sweet Home, as it appears in different publications.
Minor punctuation, capitalization, and spelling differences are shown, in addition to more substantial differences in words, phrases, or verses.
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1. ’Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may roam,n 11. ’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
2Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home! 2Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
3A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, 3A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there
4Which, seek through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere. 4Which, seek through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere.
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6[Chorus] 6[Chorus]
n 7Home! home! sweet, sweet home! n 7Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
8There’s no place like home, 8Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
9there’s no place like home!
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112. An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain; 102. An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
n 12Oh! give me my lowly, thatched cottage again! n 11Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again,
13The birds singing gaily, that come to my call; 12The birds singing gaily that came at my call;
14Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all. 13Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all.
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t 163. How sweet ’tis to sit ’neath a fond father’s smile, t
17And the cares of a mother to soothe and beguile;
18Let others delight ’mid new pleasures to rome,
19But give me, oh, give me the pleasures of home.
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214. To thee I’ll return, overburdened with care,
22The heart’s dearest solace will smile on me there;
23No more from that cottage again I will roam.
24Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
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