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I BELIEVE I'LL GO BACK HOME cho: I believe I'll go back home (3 times) An' acknowledge I done wrong. When I was in my father's house, I was well-supplied; I made a mistake in doin' well, An' now I'm dissatisfied. When I was in my father's house, I had peace all the time; But when I left home an' went astray, I had to feed the swine. When the prodigal son first left home, He was feelin' happy an' gay; But he soon found out a riotous life Was more than he could pay. When I was in my father's house, I had bread enough to spare; But now I am naked an' hungry, too, An' I am ashamed to go back there. When I left home I was in royal robes, An' sumptuously fed; But I soon got ragged an' hungry, too, An' come back home so sad. When I get home I'll confess my sins, And father's love embrace; I'm no more worthy to be called thy son, I'll seek a servant's place. When his father saw him comin', He met him with a smile; He threw his arms around him "Here comes my lovin' child!" He spake unto his servants- "Go kill the fatted calf; An' call my friends an' neighbors, My son has come at last." His older son got jealous An' he began to say: "You did more for my brother, Who left an' went away." He spake unto his elder son- It was with an humble mind- "Son, you have always been with me, An' all I have is thine." They met together rejoicing, I imagine it was fine; The old man he got happy, An' he was satisfied in mind. Words and music in Grissom, M. A., 1930, The Negro Sings a New Heaven, p. 36-36. Listed as a spiritual in the Cleveland Index. This song is apparently the sourc e for Dock Bogg's "Prodigal Son." It is placed in a new thread here to make it m ore easily harvestable for the Spirituals project. Grissom states "This is an ex cellent version of the many Negro songs about the "Prodigal Son." SEE: PRODIGAL SON @religion @spiritual @gospel filename[ PRODIGSO4 FS  8note Sheet |
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