Old House at Home, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the old house at home where my forefathers dwelt, When a child at the feet of my mother I knelt," where his mother taught him to behave, and the flowers bloom. "Now the old house is no dwelling for me," but the singer still dreams of it
AUTHOR: Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) ?
EARLIEST DATE: before 1845 (broadside Bodleian Firth b.25(386), etc.)
KEYWORDS: home dream nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, "The Old House at Home" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #13881
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.25(386)=Firth c.20(29), "Old House at Home". E. M. A Hodges (London), 1846-1854; Harding B 26(266), "Old House at Home, "The Poet's Box (Belfast), 1846-1852; Harding B 11(2804), "Old House at Home," J. Cadman (Manchester), 1850-1855; also Firth b.34(275)=Firth b.25(600/601), "The old House at Home," W. Ordoyno (Nottingham), n.d.; Firth b.25(597), W. Ordoyno (Nottingham), n.d.; Firth b.26(100), H. Paul (London), n.d.; Harding B 11(2192), J. O. Bebbington (Manchester), n.d.; Harding B 11(2803), J. Paul and Co (Seven Dials, London), n.d.; Firth b.28(38), unknown, n.d.; Harding B 11(1613), unknown, n.d.; Harding B 11(2805), W. Ford (Sheffield), n.d.; Firth c.20(95)=Harding B 11(1403), H. Such (London), 1863-1885; 2806 b.11(2), unknown, n.d.; Harding B 16(180d), unknown, n.d.; Firth b.27(172), unknown, n.d.; Johnson Ballads 339, Frederick Edwards (London), n.d.; Harding B 16(181a), E. M. A. Hodges (London), 1846-1854
NOTES [52 words]: "Home songs" are common, but I think this one of the stupidest I've ever seen. It's just barely traditional, which makes it interesting that Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle's version is a fragment that really consists of only one line. It's lost the entire rest of the song -- not that you'd notice the difference. - RBW
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