I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen: the Irish ballad that wasn't. Written by an Indiana schoolteacher, Thomas Paine Westendorf, for his wife in 1875, this beautiful song is about as Midwestern as it gets. So it's fitting that Betsy learned it seated at a piano on a farm in the middle of corn and soybean fields. It captures something deeply American, the narrative of a lost soul seeking a sense of home. Interestingly, the song is sung from the viewpoint of the observer, and we think it just might be one of the prettiest tunes ever penned. LYRICS: I'll take you home again, Kathleen Across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been Since first you were my bonny bride The roses all have left your cheeks I've watched them fade away and die Your voice is sad when e'er you speak And tears bedim your loving eye Oh I will take you back, Kathleen To where your heart can feel no pain And when the fields are fresh and green I'll take you to your home, Kathleen

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