Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South lyrics

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light

To my sweet sunny south, take me home

Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night

Oh why was I tempted to roam?

The path to our cabin, they say, has grown green

And the stones are quite mossy around

And I know that the faces and forms that I love

Now lie in the cold mossy ground

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light

To my sweet sunny south, take me home

Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night

Oh why was I tempted to roam?

Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow

To my place in the evergreen shade

Where the flowers on the river's green margins do grow

And share their sweet scent with the glade

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light

To my sweet sunny south, take me home

Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night

Oh why was I tempted to roam?