Oh carry me back to my home For to find my father dear 'Tis sure his call hath reached my heart Far across this wide, wide sphere His home sits by the Northern Sea Where the wind doth frosty blow And the nightbird trembles 'neath her wing Where the frigid waters go Oh carry me my father's home Though his name I've never heard 'Tis sure my heart would know his voice It's where I'm bound to go All the friends I've loved from here are gone Their sweet smiles now memories Oh carry me back to my home And my distant family For to be a lost and lonely lass Leaveth me to fate unkind And it warms me now to think of those Fair faces far beyond Oh carry me my father's home Though his name I've never heard 'Tis sure my heart would know his voice It's where I'm bound to go