Well, I found this on a Deja News search, but the lyrics aren't quite what I'm familiar with. I think the familiar lyrics are by jazzman Art Tatum, but I haven't found them yet. The tune, apparently, is a Dvorak original, written in the style of a American Negro spriritual. the words came later. Can anybody come up with the other lyrics?
-Joe Offer-
The source for this particular version is "The Church Piper" by K. E. MacDonald.
Goin' Home
Goin' home, goin' home,
I'm a goin' home;
Quiet like, some still day,
I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
Work all done, care laid by,
Gwine to fear no more.
Mother's there 'spectin me,
Father's waitin' too;
Lots o' folk gather'd there,
All the friends I knew,
All the friends I knew.
Home, home, I'm goin' home!
Nothin' lost, all's gain,
No more fret nor pain,
No more stumblin' on the way,
No more longin' for the day,
Gwine to roam no more!
Mornin' star lights the way,
Res'less dream all done;
Shadows gone, break o' day,
Real life jes' begun.
Dere's no break, ain't no end,
Jes' a livin' on;
Wide awake, with a smile,
Goin' on and on.
Goin' home, goin' home,
I'm jes' goin' home;
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door.
I'm jus' goin' home.
Goin' home.
Words and adaptation by William Arms Fisher
Here's another version:
Going HomeGoing Home Going Home
I am going home
Quiet like some still day
I am going homeJesus calls me home
Jesus calls me home
Jesus calls me
I will follow
Jesus calls me homeGoing Home Going Home
I am going home
Quiet like some still day
Jesus calls me homeMusic by A. Dvorak, Public Domain
Arranged and adapted by Greg Flesch and Terry Taylor
Arrangement ©1987 Broken Songs (ASCAP)