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Lincoln and his wife Mary frequently invited musicians to perform in the Red Room of the White House. Shortly after the death of their third son, Willie, on February 20, 1862, the Lincolns were visited by the nineteen-year-old opera singer Adelina Patti. Mary Todd was brought to tears by Patti's rendition of The Last Rose of Summer . Patti admitted in her memoirs that the song, with its theme of loneliness and death, was an "awkward choice" to sing to a couple who had recently lost a child. President Lincoln broke the tension by requesting Home Sweet Home . Patti obliged and sang the song, accompanying herself on the piano. Patti wrote in her memoirs, "when Mr. Lincoln thanked me his voice was husky and his eyes were full of tears."

Home Sweet Home was written by American lyricist John Howard Payne and English composer Sir Henry Bishop for an opera that was first produced in London in 1823. The song became hugely popular throughout the United States, and was a favorite of both Union and Confederate soldiers.

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chorus:

Home! Home!
Sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home
There's no place like home

verses:

'Mid pleasures and palaces
Though I may roam
Be it ever so humble
There's no place like home

A charm from the sky
Seems to hallow us there
Which seek thro' the world
Is ne'er met with elsewhere

To thee, I'll return
O verburdened with care
The heart's dearest solace
W ill smile on me there

No more from that cottage
A gain I will roam
Be it ever so humble
There's no place like home

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from Ballad of America Volume 3: Songs in the Life of Abraham Lincoln, released February 12, 2009

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With vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and bass fiddle, Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band bring to life music that is woven into the fabric of the United States: traditional folk songs, fiddle tunes, old-time country, bluegrass, Appalachian music, ragtime, blues, spirituals, railroad and cowboy songs, work songs, sea shanties, reels, breakdowns, ballads, and more. ... more

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