Williams, Hank - The Old Home Lyrics






I went to the old home
Where I once use to roam
And all of my friend's
Had everyone gone

How sad, And how drear
No voice did I hear
There was no one
To welcome me home

No one, to welcome me home
Oh no, no one, to welcome me home
How sad and how drear
No voice could I hear
There was no one, to welcome me home

I went to the old school
Where I once loved to play
And all of my playmates
Had everyone gone

So lonesome and drear
No voice did I hear
There was no one
To welcome me home

No one, to welcome me home
There was no one, to welcome me home
But when I behold
That mansion of gold
There'll be someone, to welcome me home





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  1. G.... M....

    This man will live on forever through his songs. While listening to his songs you can feel his presence right there with you.

  2. J.... S....

    Down voters are puke Bryan fans and billy Cyrus fans

  3. T.... J....

    2020 still casting shadows 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

  4. A.... M....

    Every thing Hank William's Sr. sang was a hit..what Phenominal guitar player ..Hank had a hard life and drank in his lifetime..but..he was a great country music singer and song writer..beautiful songs

  5. T.... ....

    Hank Williams was one of Bob Dylan's biggest influences.

  6. M.... G....

    "So Lonesome and drear... no voice could I hear"...miss ya ma & Old Fella...never forgotten.Dec.9th 2019.

  7. J.... H....

    God damn hank was angelical!

    J.... H....

    Jason Higgins why are you saying goddamn and say angel you know goddamn is using gods name in vein

  8. M.... A....

    Such a pretty song

  9. B.... T....

    I wish I could have watched him perform.

  10. L.... P....

    Hank was the greatest singer and songwriter that ever graced this earth

  11. K.... K....

    This is a great lesser known tune by Hank thanks for sharing,from Keith

  12. N.... A....

    A song that speaks volumes for veterans.

  13. C.... D....

    these were the songs when gas was thirty vents a gallon; and love was only sixty cents away.

  14. L.... P....

    My favourite country singer for seventy years god bless u hank

  15. T.... B....

    God bless Hank Williams

  16. T.... ....

    How did he manage to record SO MANY songs in just 5 years? Seriously, he recorded hundreds.

    T.... ....

    I know I been wondering that too

  17. a.... ....

    Hank > Cash

    a.... ....

    aproffittable both of them are great!

  18. P.... M....

    A favourite. I think there may be more than one recorded version of this song by Hank. I have a strong memory of hearing him sing the line about " all of my playmates had done runaway" that line is not in this version and l have a copy of the LP featured at the start. I may have another album stashed away with the alternative version. Thanks for sharing. It's a great song.

  19. D.... B....

    oh so beautiful

  20. L.... P....

    you never put it better hank thats just how i feel at the moment iam seventy so i understand every lyric u wrote and sang god bless u hank

  21. L.... P....

    my first song i learned to play on my first guitar in 1960 since then i played all his songs still playing them today

  22. L.... P....

    hank is the best

  23. T.... T....

    By 1960 Hank was already dead

  24. J.... M....

    he's one of a kinds; they don't sing or write somes like he did anymore.

  25. M.... T....

    🕇🎸🖒😎

  26. W.... R....

    The Sheriff of country music,that is my term of this great guy !☺

    W.... R....

    It was Faron Young (another great singer) who was known as The Sherrif, mainly because his group in the early days were called The Deputies.

  27. W.... R....

    Great Hank at his very best!!!!

  28. J.... H....

    one of my many hank favourites what a legend of a man

  29. E.... H....

    Hank, wrote and sung songs, that he had lived. That is why he is number one in my book.

  30. J.... R....

    Classic Hank!

  31. M.... G....

    How sad and how drear, no voice did I hear...No One to Welcome me Home...miss you both...My loved ones.

  32. d.... r....

    Great version with background singers, Hank so good!

  33. D.... H....

    HANK WILLIAMS SR, HANK WILLIAMS JR, AND HANK WILLIAMS III
    THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST!!!!

  34. D.... H....

    OLD BONES ALWAYS CLOSED THE SHOW!! HANK SAID THIS ABOUT HIMSELF!!!

  35. M.... G....

    For Mother 5years gone...so lonesome and drear.

  36. G.... F....

    Hank is the man....True Blue Country

  37. l.... a....

    difficile a battre

  38. D.... H....

    HANK I, HANK II, AND HANK III: THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST!!!

  39. J.... M....

    hank wrote from the heart

  40. J.... M....

    hank wrote from the heart

  41. l.... a....

    super bon

  42. P.... B....

    DID HANK WILLIAMS RECORD YOUR CHEATING HEART AND AND I,M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY BOTH TRACKS RECORED BY ELVIS PRESLEY ?

    P.... B....

    Paul Border hank wrote and recorded both of those songs.

  43. P.... M....

    I found this song very affecting from the first time I heard it when I was youngster. It has remained with me all my life. It's avery powerful and emotive subject, Which everyone can relate to, a simple basic fact of life.

  44. C.... C....

    Nice share thanks,Keith

  45. D.... H....

    I REFER TO HANK I, HANK II, AND HANK III AS THE FATHER , THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST!!

  46. R.... M....

    my homecoming song

  47. R.... M....

    this song i just lived through wasn't easy and no easier today but i'm still here and alive thanks to my two dearest friends and daughter Jess and son Gord who both have their own bands

  48. R.... M....

    you should say remastered 1960, if that's the year, off the original soundtrack remember hank died jan 1 1953

    R.... M....

    It was never released on vinyl until this album came out in 1960. Even back then, when it was new to me, I did not know it was an overdub. Most 'demos' where not released until the 1980's. When I think of remastered, I think of stereo. This was done before stereo - probably in 1959.
    Thanks for visiting & commenting

  49. R.... G....

    Hey, look it is the Social Justice Warrior justforever96 that wants be a Communist and suppress Free Speech. You should move to Russia or Venezuela. Leave your mommy's basement and go live with the Commies you admire so much.

  50. R.... R....

    hey Chinaman, you could never hold a candle to Hank SR. You'd sound more like a dog farting in a jar than anything else.

  51. T.... T....

    Hank Williams Jr. interview (Part 1 of 2) -- Rare Footage https://youtu.be/GTKsIKTywk0 and (part 2 ) https://youtu.be/xnrupVImR2c

  52. s.... ....

    No one could write and sing those old sad songs like Hank.

    s.... ....

    LOL NO WAY,Keith Kimmey

    s.... ....

    I agree youre right no question or debate AMEN

    s.... ....

    No one did it like Sr

    s.... ....

    no it's too late now... they're putting digital drums & saxophones over the air on hillbilly radio stations...these imbeciles who think they "country" HAVE NO IDEA!!... i think some these idiots prob'ly think that steel guitars & fiddles are ( OH GASP) racist.... i'm a RED NECK* & PROUD of it....P.S. LOOK UP the TRUE ORIGIN of that term* up...

    s.... ....

    Hank Sr was great without a doubt but Roy Acuff Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb were just as great imo

  53. R.... N....

    Hank was best, you can feel the emotion in his songs, it touches the heart of the listener

  54. j.... k....

    Got To record that song one day.

  55. H.... P....

    i agree with this song

  56. S.... J....

    Hank Williams, was the best.

  57. j.... h....

    It just don't get better than this//////

  58. B.... H....

    People inquire how this song was released in 1960 if Hank died in 1953. This song was on the Johnnie Fair Syrup radio show over KWKH, Shreveport, La. between '48-'49, along with dozens of other songs . They were demos that were later released and some were dubbed over with a band.This song was wrote by J. W. Earls; most were wrote by other songwriters. After Hank formed his band in 1949, most of the songs then he wrote. There may still be songs unreleased.

    B.... H....

    To clear up my last comment; I said Hank formed his band in '49. His first band was formed in 1937 and was always called The Drifting Cowboys untill his death, but in Oct '49 was his final group which included Don Helms on steel, Jerry Rivers on fiddle. These two really made the Hank Williams sound; you could hear the steel and knew who it was. Jerry Rivers was absent on his final session, Sept '52.

  59. T.... ....

    Perfection

  60. M.... M....

    HANK 1 HANK 2 Hank 3

    M.... M....

    I REFER TO HANK 1, HANK 2, AND HANK 3, AS THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST!!!!!!

  61. v.... r....

    I have gone back to where I was borned several times over my life time I have no reason to go back afte mom died people just who are you tell me a story it may lign up you walk your own walk and die your own life please be ready to go.

    v.... r....

    vernon ralph Mullins I like your comment a lot, I play Hank Williams songs with my band in Minnesota, I'd like to talk with you a bit on the phone someday :)

  62. a.... b....

    No, Hank Williams was the greatest song writer and singer that ever live.

  63. G.... Y....

    Hank wrote every love sick situation there ever was,it so funny to see a hit so,g these days,or even 5O yearsago just diffrent way of putting emotions in a song,we are allhuman,love and loss hurts us all,i guess every generation has their spokes person,i stick with with hank!

  64. G.... Y....

    Hank was the first rock star,get over it people!He lived it,he died young!

  65. K.... C....

    very good hank sr song thanks

  66. r.... ....

     every one please contact bear family records  and  ask them to put out a box set of all hank williams over dubbed songs it would make an awesome box set i would say it would be about 8 cd set bear family  cd box sets  are awesome

  67. p.... l....

    ELVIS  1  HANK  WILLIAMS   2

    p.... l....

    @peter leonard The Christian Coalition did not like either one of them. They did not want them to be put on a USA Postage Stamp because of them being 'bad boys'. They thought it might ruin the youth of America if any of the little children might like them. - wow, almost 30 years gone by now since the Post Office went ahead and did it anyhow. 29 cent stamp at that time

    p.... l....

    +peter leonard
    HANK WILLIAMS 1 Elvis 7

  68. T.... H....

    He is the best no one will ever be as great as Hank Williams the king of country 

    T.... H....

    Hell ya, no Country artist can touch Hank. It’s not even close

  69. C.... ....

    Alan, "HANK You" Very Much for posting these!  I've been chasing down dubbed versions, as you must know they are very hard to find especially for someone who is not a vinyl collector.   This is GREAT! 

    C.... ....

     i wish bear family would release a  box set of every hank over  dub

    C.... ....

    @CoolbreezeB I have a 'playlist' of Hank overdubbs - if anyone is interested :)

  70. O.... M....

    There could never be another Hank, We must say thanks for the time he spent with us.

  71. a.... ....

    Memories, memories.

  72. b.... ....

    has to be played a few times. ah strong beer and hank. im hooked.

    b.... ....

    +buddyhooch88 yeah, a bottle of Jack Daniels old #7 and a little mess of stash can make the beer and the moment even better...

  73. b.... ....

    great song. cant be happy there has to be no one. fairytales dont exist

  74. S.... j....

    What a great song sung by one of the Best. 

  75. h.... ....

    When I crawled out of bed this morning little did I know that in a matter of hours, strictly by chance, I would be listening to  Hank sing a song that is brand new to me, what a thrill. I feel like a child opening a present at Christmas.

  76. W.... W....

    This must be inspired by the old song "Spancil Hill" (better known from the Dropkick Murphys version "Fairmont Hill"). No, the tune and lyrics are different, but the whole idea of returning to the old places to find everyone gone is the same. Maybe it's a coincidence; if so, it only proves that the feeling is truly universal. Beautiful.

  77. R.... L....

    We should all be grateful for the gift of his voice and songwriting skills he left us. When I am hurting and feeling lonely his songs hold me and lift me me up and make me feel less alone. Some of his saddest songs actually cheer me up if that makes sense to anyone.

  78. S.... ....

    I almost started to cry listening to this. It has such great meaning to me... my old home... me and the family got evicted from it. The bank sold it from out underneath us and we had no idea until the new owner came up to the door knocking on it and we supposedly had it made where everything was alright. But I guess not...

    Had some good times living in that house and living in the neighborhood that it was in. Nothing like it...

  79. s.... g....

    i love his songs he is my idol

  80. B.... D....

    All the great dye young its so said

  81. l.... ....

    how was the old home made in 1960 when he died at the beginning of 1953

    l.... ....

    lilmind90. hank probably recorded this in 1949 or 50. it wasn't released until 1960.

  82. j.... m....

    ol Hank , 2nd only (just ) to the Tupelo Flash) God Bless all you guys from Dixie

  83. p.... ....

    Hi Alan could you please upload It Just Don't Matter Now and Rock My Cradle (Once Again) from the same album "The Lonesome Sound Of Hank Williams"? Thanks

  84. r.... p....

    the greatest ,,i still have a few 78 records of him ,,love them
    ,rollande powley

  85. c.... d....

    this is probily one of hanks best i could only hope hank3 sings them

  86. R.... G....

    Im with you, I also sang his songs and still do today, he was my idol growjng up. thank you u tube for bringing his songs to us, love them---------!!!!!!!!!

  87. R.... G....

    I grew up on hank williams records but there are some i'ev never herd before he has some grate songs some realy sad,he was my idol for years and years in fact he still is love his music!

  88. t.... y....

    Real people and real joyful singing

  89. M.... G....

    @AlanPaladin Hey Alan. Can you put on Half As Much? I can't find it and all I'm finding is covers. Thx bro.

  90. r.... k....

    You may be interested to know , this song was recorded by The Delmore Brothers on 17th Feb 1937 on the Bluebird label under the title 'No One'. but its the same song!!!!!!!!!

  91. H.... P....

    THIS IS STILL GREAT.

    H.... P....

    HENRY PITMAN

  92. b.... ....

    My Dad bought this Album , brand new in 1960, - when it was released. I still got it & remember.
    There is no changing the dates or times, when old things are made anew.

  93. b.... ....

    ..to AK47cowboy - This Song was not released until this record was made in 1960. 7 yrs after Hank died. It is "overdubbed" with the Band adding their Music to Hank & His Guitar Demo.

    Next month they are for the first time releasing new Hank Songs 56 yrs. after His Death. Hope this explains about that.

  94. E.... ....

    that is'nt possible he died in 1953.
    why he had to die so young? I will mis you forever ol' hank i will never meet you and that really hurts. He is my big hero
    he is a legend, he sung his songs with so much feeling and i'm singing his songs every day. But there will never be someone like ol' hank Let god bless Hiram King! I LOVE YOU HANK FORVER!!<3

  95. T.... ....

    Ohh god this song is awesome. That old rickity record sound is so soothing to my cold dark soul.
    RIP

    T.... ....

    Hank sr

  96. m.... m....

    Hank Williams died about 1952. WE, the Morgans Sisters were singing on the midwestern hayride. I never knew him but we new and worked with his wife, His band played on all our records and he was dead then. martinmary555 catch my video

  97. T.... ....

    Alan, can you message me and tell me what you think about the "new" recordings that are supposed to be coming out? I heard that Jet William's (Hank's daughter) is behind these new releases and am interested in finding out where to get them. The reason I ask you to message me is because I don't know that I can find this again. Thanks =-)

  98. r.... ....

    the greatest ever!!!