Jerimiah: I have been searching for the lyrics to Going Home since I watched the recent funeral for Gerald Ford. When they played the song while plane bearing the family and casket was preparing to depart Palm Desert, I just about lost it - it fit the scene; the sunny desert hills and the incredibly blue morning sky so well. You are the only writer who has submitted any portion of the lyrics I learned (most of which forgotten) in music ed class in Wisconsin some 50 years ago. I believe the second verse went like this: Day is done, gone the sun sinking in the west sleepy birds now return homing to their nest. another verse ended with: "all the worlds at rest" or I may have the above lines confused. Maybe we can find others who recall the this version. Thank you to all the contributors here for the great information
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