Farewell! old cottage

Farewell! old cottage,

You and I must part;

I leave your faithful shelter

With a poor breaking heart.

The stranger, in his might,

Hath cast our lot in twain;

The term of our delight

Must close in parting pain.

Farewell! old cottage,

You and I must part;

I leave your faithful shelter

With a poor breaking heart.

Farewell! old cottage,

Memory still inthralls

The loved ones of my childhood

In your time beaten walls.

Here my brother played

In pride of health and youth,

Here my sister prayed

In purity and truth.

Farewell! old cottage,

You and I must part;

I leave your faithful shelter

With a poor breaking heart.

Farewell! old cottage,

Oft times from afar

Yon window light hath served me

As a loved guiding star,

And cheered a heart that longed

To join the household mirth

Where happy faces thronged

A hospitable hearth.

Farewell! old cottage,

You and I must part;

I leave your faithful shelter

With a poor breaking heart.