Joan Baez, Jeffrey Shurtleff - Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South lyrics

Take me back to the place where
I first saw the light
To my sweet sunny south, take me home
Where the mocking birds sing me
To sleep every night

Oh why was I tempted to roam
The path to our cottage they
Say has grown green
And the place is quite lonely around
I know that the smiles and
The forms that I've seen
Now lie in the dark mossy ground

Take me back to the place where
I first saw the light
To my sweet sunny south, take me home
Where the mocking birds sing me
To sleep every night
Take me back to the place
Where the orange trees grow
To my plot in the evergreen shade
Where the flowers from the river
Green margin did grow
And spread their sweet scene
Through the glade

Take me back to the place where
I first saw the light
To my sweet sunny south, take me home
Where the mocking birds sing me
To sleep every night