Sweet Sunny South

[Verse 1]
Take me back to the place where I first saw the light
To that sweet sunny south take me home
Where the mockingbird sings me to sleep every night
Oh why was I tempted to roam?

[Verse 2]
And I think with regret of the dear home I left
Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there
Of my wife and of children of whom I’m bereft
For that old place again do I sigh

[Verse 3]
Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
To my plot in the evergreen shade
Where the flowers on the river’s green margins did grow
They are sweet on the banks where we play

[Verse 4]
Now the path to our cottage they say has grown green
And the place is quite lonely around
I know that the smiles and forms that I've seen
Now lie in the dark mossy ground