O my childern, Heaven bless them! they were all my life to me; Would I could once more caress them, ere I sink beneath the sea; ’Twas for them I cross’d the ocean--what my hopes were I’ll not tell, But they have gain’d an orphan’s portion--yet He doeth all things well. Tell my sisters I remember every kindly parting word, And my heart has been kept tender by the thoughts their memory stirr’d; Tell them I never reach’d the haven where I sought the precious dust, But I’ve gain’d a port call’d heaven, where the gold doth never rust. Urge them to secure an entrance, for they will find their brother there, Faith in Jesus and repentance will secure for them a share; Hark! I hear my Saviour calling--’tis I know his voice so well, When I’m gone, oh, don’t be weeping, brother, hear my last farewell! I want to go Home. 52 I want to go home, For never a place did I see, Wherever I roam, far away and alone, So dear as my own Tennessee. But now I am far away, To my home I must go soon, I want to go back to hunt for the deer track, And watch for the possum and coon. CHORUS. I want to go home, For never a place did I see, Wherever I roam far away and alone, So dear as my own Tennessee. I want to go where The sugar cane’s growing so green, For many a day have I wandered away, To watch the old mill by the stream. And when the night had come, And the darkey’s work was done, We’ve gathered around, for a dance on the green By the sound of the old Tamborine. But now I am far away, And lonely and sad is my lot, I never can rest till my journey is past, And I again seek my old cot. From my childhood’s happy home, I never more will roam. I will take by my side, my young Tennessee bride And live ever happy at home. Bold Privateer. 53 It’s oh! my dearest Polly, you and I must part, I am going across the seas, love, I give to you my heart, My ship she lies in waiting, so fare thee well, my dear, I am just a going on board of the Bold Privateer. But oh, my dearest Johnny, great dangers have been cross’d, And many a sweet life by the seas has been lost; You had better stop at home with the girl that loves you dear, Than to venture your life on the Bold Privateer. When the wars are over, may heaven spare my life, Then soon I will come back to my sweet, loving wife. Then soon I will get married to charming Polly dear, And forever bid adieu to the Bold Privateer.