Stephen Foster

“ Oh! Willie, we have missed you;
Welcome, welcome home!
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The days were sad without you,
The nights long and drear;
My dreams have been about you;
Oh! welcome, Willie dear!
Last night I wept and watched
By the moonlights cheerless ray;
Till I thought I heard your footstep,
Then I wiped my tears away;
But my heart grew sad again
When I found you had not come;
Oh! Willie, we have missed you;
Welcome, welcome home!
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”