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The Homesick Immigrant

from Songs From the Bend in the River by Joe Flood

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Words by Edward Barrett, music traditional, adaptedl and arranged by Joe Flood.

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However far I may have roamed
From ties and friends endearing
Upon the swelling billows foamed
To some bright climate steering
Yet to that shore my thoughts would fly
Where warm hearts beat that bind me
To muse upon their fond good-bye
Long since I left behind me.

Arriving at the port of rest
Where mirth and love are blended
Where nature with her gifts has blest
and liberty attended
I looked upon that landscape grand
But none I saw to mind me
Ah, then I missed my native land
And friends I left behind me

With all that fortune could bestow
Fame, honor, rank, and pleasure,
Unknown to sorrow, care, or woe
Possessing mines of treasure
In robust health and in life's prime,
Unchangeable these find me
In thinking still from time to time
Of friends I left behind me

Now that my race is nearly ran
My mortal frame is sinking
Into earth's gloom exhausted , wan,
What is my mind a thinking?
Of home, sweet home, to me still dear
Oh would that fate assigned me
My days to end there and sleep near
The friends I left behind me
Oh home, sweet home, to me still dear
Oh would that fate assigned me
My days to end there and sleep near
The friends I left behind me

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from Songs From the Bend in the River, track released April 12, 2015
Joe Flood, vocal, acoustic guitar, 5-string guitar, mandolin, percussion; Joe Fonda, double bass; Scott Kessel, drums; Mark Herschler, electric guitars

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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