You’ve talk’d of your business, the weather and crops –
The clock in the kitchen strikes nine,
And why you still linger here twirling your hat
I certainly cannot divine!
Already dear Henry quite jealous has grown,
You stay in the evening so late;
And one flossy ringlet of his auburn hair
Is worth more than your homely pate.
CHORUS – Go home! Go home! You great awkward blockhead, go home! &c.
‘Tis true that I call you “dear friend,” when we meet,
But surely my meaning is clear –
“Our Father” pays extra each month for your light;
And that’s why your friendship is “dear;”
You think I have wisdom? Then take my advice;
From “ma’s” watchful care never roam:
A dutiful son you had better become –
You know there’s no place like one’s home.
CHORUS – Go home! &c
The fire has expir’d, the room’s getting cold,
The lamp has burned empty since tea,
A great stupid booby, the cat and the dog
Are keeping the vigil with me.
The family have all gone to sleep in their chairs:
Indeed Sir, I think it is a shame!
And if I should presently show you the door.
Remember that I’m not to blame.
CHORUS – Go home! &c
First grinning, the blushing, you bashfully sit,
At me casting glances of love:
O think you a hawk or a raven would make
A suitable mate for a dove!
The clock in the kitchen is now striking twelve;
I scare can refrain from a yawn:
Your ears are much shorter than those of your kind –
O truly I wish you were gone!
CHORUS – Go home! Go home! You great awkward blockhead, go home!
Go home! Go home! You great awkward blockhead, go home!
(Joseph Warren Watson)
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