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St. Gaudens 183
Lyrics: Robert Louis Stevenson / Stephen Spitzer
Tune: Stephen Spitzer
Meter: L.M. (8,8,8,8)
Under the wide and starry sky,
You'll dig a grave and let me lie.
This be the verse, you'll grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
Although I laid down with a will.
I watched my breath turn into sky,
As I lay on my pillow hill.
Home is the sailor, home from sea.
Home is the hunter from the hill;
Home shall the warm winds carry me:
Far away where the light shines still.
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