Key: F major
Verse 1
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and I wanted to sing something
that took me back to my roots.
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So here's a song that I
used to sing many years ago
and let me dedicate it to
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all of you tonight.
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And especially to my family.
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When I was but a boy in days of childhood
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I used to play till evening
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shadows come
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Then winding down an
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old familiar pathway,
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I heard my mother call
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and said of some,
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Come home, come home,
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The shadows
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lengthen fast
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Come home, come home,
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We're going home at last
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Some of the fondest memories
When mom would come to the back steps
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of the old home place and she'd say,
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Come on in George, it's supper time.
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Oh my, but how I'd love
to hear that once more.
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a truth that's even more thrilling.
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An d that's when the Lord
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and says to come on in,
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And we'll be gathered around the table
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at the greatest supper time
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of them all.
Verse 2
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visions now I see her standing yonder
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An d her familiar
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voice I hear once more
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The banquet table's
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ready up in heaven
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Ah, it's supper time
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upon the golden shore
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Come home, come home,
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it's supper time
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The shadows lengthen
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fast
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Come home, come home,
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it's supper time
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We're going home at last
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We're going home at
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last
Praise God. It's supper time.
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