Just Us Lillys - Sweet Sunny South

1. Sweet Sunny South
(Public Domain)

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light,
To my sweet, sunny South take me home,
Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night,
Why was I tempted to roam?

Take me back to the place where the magnolias grow,
To my place in the evergreen shade,
Where flowers on the river’s green margins do grow,
And share their sweet scent with the glade.

Oh, the path to our cabin they say has grown green,
And the rocks are quite mossy around,
And I know that the faces and forms that I love,
Lie still ‘neath the cold, frosty ground.

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light,
To my sweet, sunny South take me home,
Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night,
Why was I tempted to roam?