FATHER DEAR FATHER COME HOME
By Henry Clay Work, 1864

FATHER DEAR FATHER COME HOME WITH ME NOW
THE CLOCK IN THE STEEPLE STRIKES ONE
YOU SAID YOU WERE COMING RIGHT HOME FROM THE SHOP
AS SOON AS YOUR DAYS WORK WAS DONE

THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT AND THE HOUSE IS ALL DARK
AND MOTHER'S BEEN WATCHING SINCE TEA
WITH POOR BROTHER BENNY SO SICK IN HER ARMS
AND NO ONE TO HELP HER BUT ME

Chorus:
COME HOME (COME HOME), COME HOME (COME HOME)
FATHER DEAR FATHER COME HOME

FATHER DEAR FATHER COME HOME WITH ME NOW
THE CLOCK IN THE STEEPLE STRIKES TWO
THE NIGHT HAS GROWN COLDER AND BENNY IS WORSE
AND HE HAS BEEN CALLING FOR YOU

INDEED HE IS WORSE MAMA SAYS HE WILL DIE
PERHAPS BEFORE MORNING SHALL DAWN
AND THIS IS THE MESSAGE SHE SENT ME TO BRING
COME QUICKLY OR HE WILL BE GONE

Repeat Chorus

FATHER DEAR FATHER COME HOME WITH ME NOW
THE CLOCK IN THE STEEPLE STRIKES THREE
THE NIGHT IS SO LONELY THE HOURS ARE SO LONG
FOR POOR WEEPING MOTHER AND ME

YES WE ARE ALONE, POOR BENNY IS DEAD
AND GONE WITH THE ANGELS OF LIGHT
AND THESE ARE THE VERY LAST WORDS THAT HE SAID
I WANT TO KISS PAPA GOODNIGHT

Repeat Chorus