"Glad to Get Home" (1855) Words and Music by Wurzel (G. F. R.) [pseud. for George Frederick Root, 1820-1895] from "Six Songs by Wurzel", No. 1 Cleveland, OH: S. Brainard’s Sons Plate. No. 2640 [Source: 1883-24139@LoC] 1.  Oh, how glad to get home! For far I’ve wandered, Joyful joyful I come, Dear home, to thee! Fond ones welcome me here; Loved ones are near me; Voices float on my ear, Sweet, sweet to me. REFRAIN [repeat after each verse] Dear friends that are round me, Haste with looks delighted, Days long vanished and gone, Come to my heart. CHORUS [repeat after each verse] Dear home of my childhood, Once again united, Never, never again From thee I part. Dear home of my childhood, Once again united, Never, never again From thee I part. 2.  Father, in the warm grasp I feel thy welcome, Oh, from love’s tender clasp Ne’er let me fly. Mother, fondly again Thou dost enfold me; Tears I cannot restrain Burst from mine eye; 3.  Brother, still is thy brow Noble as ever, As I look on thee now, How swells my heart! Sister, gentle and kind Close to me clinging; Now in love we are twined, No more to part.