Home whaih de frien's I loved 'll say,

"We've waited fu' you many a day,

Come hyeah an' res' yo'se'f, an' know

You's done wid sorrer an' wid woe,

Now you's at home."

W'en I gits home some blessid day,

I 'lows to th'ow my caihs erway,

An' up an' down de shinin' street,

Go singin' sof' an' low an' sweet,

W'en I gits home.