Home Boys Home

Lyrics

[Chorus] And it's home boys home Home I'd like to be, home for awhile in me own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry [Verse 1] There was an apprentice lived in Strawberry Lane Loved by her master and her mistress the same Until a young sailor lad came sailing o'er the sea And that was the beginning of her misery [Chorus] And it's home boys home Home I'd likе to be, home for awhile in mе own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry [Verse 2] This young maid being innocent she thought it was no harm To go into bed for to keep his back warm He hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his dear He said "I wish me love this night had been as long as a year" [Chorus] And it's home boys home Home I'd like to be, home for awhile in me own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry [Verse 3] 'Twas early next morning the sailor lad arose And into her apron he put handfuls of gold "Take this my dear for the mischief that I've done Last night I may have left you with a daughter or a son" [Chorus] And it's home boys home Home I'd like to be, home for awhile in me own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry [Verse 4] "And if it be a girl child dandle her on your knee And if it be a male child call him after me And when he is a man, you can dress him up in blue He'll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do" [Chorus x2] And it's home boys home Home I'd like to be, home for awhile in me own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry And it's home boys home Home I'd like to be, home for awhile in me own count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing green in me own count-a-ry