Words to song "Going Home"

I have been trying to find the music or words to Going Home also. Did you have any luck

I've been checking with Dover publications and might have found something about this song. if it's the right one I'll let you know. Carol(mimi)

Try this link. Originally the music was written by Dvorak, the lyrics were added later and the name of the song changed to "Going Home" for The Snake Pit.

I hope this is what you are looking for. =)

OOPS! Link : http://www.writingsbyskyangel.com/goinghome/goinghome.html

The song "Goin' Home" is based on a melody from the second movement, "Largo," of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," also known as the "New World Symphony." Dvorak composed this work while he was living and working in New York from 1892 to 1895, away from his native Bohemia (now the Czech Republic.) During the 1920's, this melody was adapted as an American folk song with the text below.

It was performed and recorded by many artists, most notably Paul Robeson. Deanna Durbin sang it in the 1941 movie, "It Started With Eve."

There are many recordings of both the song and symphony available today.
Perhaps your mother would enjoy hearing both the song and the symphonic version. If you look for the song title online, be sure to use the spelling, "Goin' Home" instead of "Going Home."

You can hear the Symphony in its entirety for free by selecting the link below to the Naxos record company's website. (As with IMDB, you have to register with Naxos before you can hear the music, but it's free.)

Here's the link:

http://www.naxos.com/newdesign/naxos_cat.asp?item_code=8.550271

(Remember, it's the second movement, "Largo" that has the "Goin' Home" melody.)

Here's the text:

Goin' Home

Goin' home, goin' home, I'm a goin' home;
Quiet-like, some still day, I'm jes' goin' home.
It's not far, jes' close by,
Through an open door;
Work all done, care laid by,
Gwine (or: Goin') to fear no more.

Mother's there 'spectin' me,
Father's waitin' too;
Lots o' folk gather'd there,
All the friends I knew,
All the friends I knew.
Home, I'm goin' home!

Nothin lost, all's gain,
No more fret nor pain,
No more stumblin' on the way,
No more longin' for the day,
Gwine (or Going) to roam no more!
Mornin' star lights the way,
Res'less dream all done;
Shadows gone, break o' day,
Real life jes' begun.
Dere's no break, ain't no end,
(or: There's no break, there's no end,)
Jes' a livin' on;
Wide awake, with a smile
Goin' on and on.

Goin' home, goin' home, I'm jes' goin' home,
It's not far, jes' close by
Through an open door.
I'm a goin' home,
I'm jes' goin'
Goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home!

[copyright 1922 by Oliver Ditson Company]

I see you have found the words, I too have been searching for this song for a long time. Paul Robeson Live at Carnige Hall sings it best, but there are several others Bill McCue and Tammi Briggs "Reflections on Greiving" all of these are good, but nothing can replace the sound of that girl singing it in the movie. This is the song i want sang at my funeral.

thanks
wanda

I found a copy of the words and music that can be ordered from My Granny's Attic Antiques. Here is what she sent to me in response to my question about "Goin' Home"...

The copy of the cover says Words and Adaptation by William Arms Fisher and there is also a foreward of sorts by Mr. Fisher dated July 21, 1922. The music is dated 1922 by Oliver Ditson Co. Regular 1st class mail is $2.00 in a large envelope unfolded, in a small envelope folded I can mail it for .75

Sincerely
Michelle
My Granny's Attic Antiques, Collectibles & more - Quality antiques, unique collectibles, custom gifts, reference and resources.
www.Mygrannysatticantiques.com

I paid $5.00 plus $2.00 S&H for a copy - it is great and it is just what everyone here is looking for. I highly recommend.

Good grief - I just realized your message was from 2003. Oh, well ...

I am a Broadway Musical fanatic - especially Rodgers & Hammerstein. The actress, Jan Clayton (best remembered, perhaps, as playing the mother on the first TV Lassie series - from the 50's - with Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller), originated the role of Julie Jordan in R & H's "Carousel". She was the actress who sang "Goin' Home" in The Snake Pit. I was surprised not to see her listed on IMDb's cast list. I know she is listed in the movie credits.

When I was about 13 (would have been in 1959) I saw a revival production of "Carousel" at the Carter Baron Amphitheatre in Washington DC. I already knew the show like the back of my hand from a local school production my older sister was in. I took the complete piano score with me to get autographs in, if I could be so fortunate. And, being an outdoor theatre, it rained - of course. In fact, the sky opened and it rained so hard people couldn't even stay in their seats with umbrellas. I had splurged for a 'down front' seat (my mother and sister were back in the cheap seats) and my whole section of the audience ran down through the orchestra pit and underneath the stage to a large practice space. We all just hung out together - musicians, actors, and audience members - in that space while the rain poured down, for about twenty minutes. I got John Raitt's autograph (yes, Bonnie Raitt's father - he originated the role of Billy Bigelow)and a few other cast members, and overheard the conductor and stage manager deciding where to restart the show after the rain subsided. I couldn't get Jan Clayton's autograph because her dressing room was up one level, on the level with the stage.

Finally the show resumed - skipping over a very touching scene in which the ghost of Billy Bigelow tries to give her young daughter a star he stole from heaven, and ends up losing his temper because she gets frightened - picking up with the final scene, the daughter's high school graduation. When the show was over I found my mother and sister and told them I HAD to get Jan Clayton's autograph and I'd meet them at the car! I hurried backstage and was the last person they let in to the line of fans waiting to see her. I opened the piano score to where Julie sings "If I Loved You" and held it out to her. She asked how I happened to have the score and asked what I had thought of the show. I tried my best to say "It was beautiful" through sudden emotional tears. She took my hand and said, "That's one of the nicest tributes we have!" and then she said, "Boy, you'd really have been crying if you'd seen the 'Star Scene'" (the one they'd skipped) - and I assured her, with all the double-entendre a pre-teen can claim, "Oh, I SAW 'the star scene'!" meaning both that I'd had the thrill of seeing the 'stars' of the production up close in that rehearsal space - but also that I KNEW 'The Star Scene' and could imagine it as well as if I'd seen it performed.

Well, about 20 years later I was cleaning house and had the TV on. The movie Snake Pit was on and suddenly I heard the voice singing "Goin' Home". The voice sounded familiar and I stopped what I was doing and turned to see whose voice it was. I had to wait through a slow crane-shot until I could see that the singer was Jan Clayton! I had just learned of a way to get letters to 'stars' through some association or union, and it was such a lovely memory I treasured of that night at "Carousel" - so I sat down and wrote Jan Clayton a letter. I retold the story for her and told her about the theatre work I'd begun doing and how I treasured that memory over the years.

About two weeks later, I got a reply! She said my letter had arrived on her birthday! and that she did, in fact, remember me! It was such a thrill!

I just wanted to share the memory and the story again.

Hope it was interesting!

Kathie