My Native Land

"My Native Land" is the 101st song in Ives's song collection 114 Songs.

Date: 1897Composer: Charles Ives

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My Native Land
(Traditional)

My native land now meets my eye,
The old oaks raise their boughs on high,
Violets greeting seem,
Ah! ’tis a dream.

And when in distant lands I roam,
My heart will wander to my home;
While these visions and fancies teem,
Still let me dream.

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114 Songs

Composer(s): Charles Ives

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