Comments on Please Come Flying: Goin Home: Antonin Dvorak & William Arms Fisher

Delightful experience to track down where the lyri...

2010-02-28T14:00:38.257-05:00

Delightful experience to track down where the lyrics originated.
Black culture has merged with European White culture. We are all richer for it.

Oh, that's lovely. How'd you come across the full ...

2008-06-18T09:23:14.552-04:00

Oh, that's lovely. How'd you come across the full lyrics?

river road river road winding to the seathat's the...

2008-06-17T20:15:48.491-04:00

river road river road winding to the sea
that's the path leading home where i long to be
long to see folks i knew, friends of long ago
long to sit by my door in the sunset's glow
river road ,river road winding to the sea, that's the path leading home where i long to be
girl of mine wait for me i'll be back some day; won't be long ,i'll be home, i'll be back to stay
all the while i've been gone you've been by my side; if i can't make you proud, least you know i tried
girl of mine wait fo me like you said you'ld do; someday soon i will walk the river road with you;
the river road with you

Hm...I haven't come across that version. There's a...

2008-01-25T10:29:33.993-05:00

Hm...I haven't come across that version. There's a great thread over at Mudcat.org about various versions of the song. You might head over there & ask if anyone has heard about it.

There was a version called Rolling Home (Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea/Rolling home to old New England, rolling home dear land to thee)...might be that your version was a modification of that? I love this about old songs...they get changed here and there over time and we end up with tons of beautiful versions all in their own right!

Good luck & let me know if you find it. :)

I have heard this with alternative lyrics River ro...

2008-01-25T09:55:49.219-05:00

I have heard this with alternative lyrics

River road, river road, winding to the sea,
it's the road leading home, where I long to be...

Do you know where I can find the full version of these lyrics ?

Thanks for your comment, Big Train. It is a fascin...

2007-12-13T08:19:04.327-05:00

Thanks for your comment, Big Train. It is a fascinating story with lots of complexities. I've even seen some claims that Burleigh wrote the tune and Fisher took the credit for it, but I haven't yet found much to corroborate that claim. Thanks for stopping by!

Dear Please Come Flying, Thanks very much for cl...

2007-12-12T21:37:20.035-05:00

Dear Please Come Flying,
Thanks very much for clarifying a great muscial mystery on Going Home.
As best I can recall I first heard it on a Paul Robeson tape. I assumed that it was an African American spiritual.
Over the years when I heard Dvorak's New World Symphony I recognized the tune. I've spoken to a few friends who know quite a bit about music, but they could not say whether Dvorak wrote the song or only incorporated an African American melody. It is fascinating story of a Bohemian composer who studied and incorporated African American music and helped promote respect for African American music and musicians.
Yours, Big Train