We’ve long’d to see you nightly, but this night of all; The fire was blazing brightly, and lights were in the hall, The little ones were up ’till ’twas ten o’clock and past, Then their eyes began to twinkle and they have gone to sleep at last; But they listen’d for your voice till they thought you’d never come, Oh! Willie, we have miss’d you; welcome, welcome home. The days were sad without you, the nights long and drear, My dreams have been about you, oh, welcome, Willie dear, Last night I wept and watch’d, by the moonlight’s cheerless ray, Till I thought I heard your footsteps, then I wiped my tears away, But my heart grew sad again, when I found you had not come; Oh! Willie, we have missed you; welcome, welcome home. Willie’ll Roam no More. 13 Yes, Mary, I have come, love, across the dark, blue sea, To our peaceful, quiet home, love, our little ones and thee; I’ve watch’d and waited nightly for the welcome hour to come, When happily and brightly all the dear delights of home Should greet my listening ear, love, upon my native shore; Then wipe away thy tears, Mary, for thy Willie’ll roam no more. CHORUS. Thy Willie’ll roam no more, thy Willie’ll roam no more, Then wipe away thy tears, Mary, for thy Willie’ll roam no more. How often since I left you, love, in solitude and tears, Have I bless’d that love which clung to me through many changing years; And while I paced the silent deck, forgotten and alone, Has my heart recall’d thy love-lit smile, thy sweet and gentle tone. Thy image, love, has e’er been shrined within this fond heart’s core; But wipe away thy tears, Mary, for thy Willie’ll roam no more. _Chorus._--Thy Willie’ll roam no more, &c. Dear Mary, when in life’s sweet morn, in all thy youthful pride, I bore thee, virgin, bathed in tears, from thy fond mother’s side, And promised at the altar to love through life as now, Say, Mary, when life’s sorrows came, did I forget that vow? Your heart will own I left you, love, our fortunes to restore; Then wipe away thy tears, Mary, for thy Willie’ll roam no more. _Chorus._--Thy Willie’ll roam no more, &c. Kiss Me Quick and Go. 14 The other night while I was sparking Sweet Turlina Spray, The more we whisper’d our love talking, The more we had to say; The old folks and the little folks We thought were fast in bed,-- We heard a footstep on the stairs, And what d’ye think she said? CHORUS. “Oh! kiss me quick and go my honey, Kiss me quick and go! To cheat surprise and prying eyes, Why kiss me quick and go!”