{"id":20440,"date":"2023-05-08T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T07:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=20440"},"modified":"2023-05-08T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T07:34:32","slug":"little-grey-home-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/little-grey-home-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Little grey home in the west"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>My little grey home ..<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1911<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Dorothy Eardley-Wilmot \/ Hermann Lohr<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN12911<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Peter Dawson, Maggie Teyte, John McCormack<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Unknown; Ireland : Co. Kerry; 1937\/38
Bond, Frank ;England : Hampshire; 1965
Hart, Bob; England : Suffolk; 1969
Blackburn, Adge; England : Lincolnshire;1970
Creed, Timmy; Ireland : Co. Kerry; 1980
Ling, Ruby; England : Suffolk; 1975-80
Leahy, Sean; Ireland : Co. Kerry; 1987
Wirdnam, Harold; England 1998<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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When the golden sun sinks in the hills\nAnd the toil of a long day is o'er\nThough the road may be long, in the lilt of a song\nI forget I was weary before\nFar ahead, where the blue shadows fall\nI shall come to contentment and rest\nAnd the toils of the day will be all charmed away\nIn my little grey home of the west\n\nThere are hands that will welcome me in\nThere are lips I am burning to kiss\nThere are two eyes that shine just because they are mine\nAnd a thousand things other men miss\nIt's a corner of heaven itself\nThough it's only a tumble-down nest\nBut with love brooding there, why no place can compare\nWith my little grey home in the west\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A very popular sentimental song from the period immediately before World War I and sung by a many of artists then and since. It might be best described as a “parlour ballad” though it was widely sung in the Halls and elsewhere. The lyrics were by Dorothy Eardley-Wilmot  with music by English light classical composer Hermann Lohr. I can find out little about the lyricist except that she was a poet, painter and daughter of a Rear Admiral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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