The vale where my home lies (Luther Orlando Emerson)

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• (Posted 2024-03-06)  CPDL #79415:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 388 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The vale where my home lies
Composer: Luther Orlando Emerson
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1899 Chicago Music Co.
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English text

The vale where my home lies, oh, none is so blest,
High mountains look down on its pure, quiet rest;
The blue sky above, and the valley below,
While peace throws o’er all her heavenly glow.
The vale where my home lies,
Oh, none is so blest;
Oh, vale where my home lies,
In peace and pure rest.

Oh, vale where my home lies, so fragrant and green,
Where roses and lilies, and blue bells are seen;
How sweet ’tis to rest by the murmuring stream,
And watch on its bosom the sun’s trembling beam.
The vale where my home lies,
Oh, none is so blest;
Oh, vale where my home lies,
In peace and pure rest.

Thou vale where my home lies, how balmy thy breath,
Where thick mosses grow, there place me in death;
Oh, there let me softly my tired limbs lay,
And hoping, look forward to bright, blessed day.
The vale where my home lies,
Oh, none is so blest;
Oh, vale where my home lies,
In peace and pure rest.