The song was reputedly banned from being played in Union Army camps during the American Civil War for being too redolent of hearth and home and so likely to incite desertion. In 1857 composer/pianist Sigismond Thalberg wrote a series of variations for piano (op. 43, the Fantaisie sur deux mélodies anglaises, both of which also use ' Rule, Britannia!'. It is also used with Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs and in Alexandre Guilmant's Fantasy for organ Op. Gaetano Donizetti used the theme in his opera Anna Bolena (1830) Act 2, Scene 3 as part of Anna's Mad Scene to underscore her longing for her childhood home. Williams.'Īs early as 1827 this song was quoted by Swedish composer Franz Berwald in his Konzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra (middle section, marked Andante). The song's American premiere took place at the Winter Tivoli Theatre in Philadelphia on October 29, 1823, and was sung by 'Mrs. In 1852 Henry Bishop 'relaunched' the song as a parlour ballad, and it became very popular in the United States throughout the American Civil War and after. 'While his money lasted, he was a prince of bohemians', but had little business sense. Only Payne did not really profit by its success. The publishers made a considerable profit from it, net £2,100 in the first year, and the producer of the opera did well. When the song was published separately, it quickly sold 100,000 copies. There's no place like home, there's no place like home! The birds singing gaily that came at my callĪnd gave me the peace of mind dearer than all Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met elsewhereĪn exile from home splendor dazzles in vain Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roamīe it ever so humble, there's no place like homeĪ charm from the skies seems to hallow us there

Home Sweet Home by Kim Watters