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Text:Homeward Bound (Rowe)
Author:James Rowe
Tune:[From my Father's home I wandered]
Composer:Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Media:MIDI file

2536. Homeward Bound (Rowe)

1. From my Father’s home I wandered,
For my feet were prone to stray,
But my Savior sought and found me,
And I’m homeward bound today.

Refrain
Homeward bound,
I’m homeward bound today;
I’m homeward bound,
Praising Jesus all the way.

2. I was lost in sin’s dark valley,
Following the downward way,
But my Savior saw my danger,
And I’m homeward bound today. [Refrain]

3. I was sin-stained, I was weeping,
But my stains are washed away;
And, rejoicing in my Savior,
I am homeward bound today. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: From my Father's home I wandered
Title: Homeward Bound (Rowe)
Author: James Rowe (1902)
Refrain First Line: Homeward bound
Language: English
Source: Joyful Praise, by Charles H. Gabriel (Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Graham, 1902), number 1
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [From my Father's home I wandered]
Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Incipit: 55111 31611 55132
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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