Going Home

Fusion of music by Dvorak (New World Symphony), lyrics by the magical Annie Haslam (Annie in Wonderland album), and photography by yours truly and life partner. These photos were taken in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Colorado, Italy, Switzerland, Oregon, California, Honduras, and Denmark. Rights to the song are entirely Annie's.

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Music

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• Going Home
• Annie Haslam
• Dvorak
• New World Symphony
• scenic photography
• peaceful
• tranquil
• spiritual
• heartfelt
• moving
• funerals
• Istanbul
• Spain
• Italy
• Portugal
• Colorado
• Oregon
• California
• and Denmark
• Renaissance

[druidia9]

Thanks reversengr for your useful info!

[michaelj2be]

These lyrics were written and set to Dvorak's music by William Arms Fisher.

[druidia9]

@michaelj2be "...which became a well-known Negro spiritual." Excellent, thanks for that info!

[peterlinie3]

I want to go home, to go back - to the time when life was secure (or so it seemed to a child), and the only worries I had were whether the corner-shop had sold out of sherbet dabs. No worries about paying the mortgage, bringing up my children, struggling with a mountain of debt. Looks like there's only one way I'm going to get there................

[druidia9]

@peterlinie3 - You are not alone in this, peter. Many are struggling with debt and unemployment in this economy. That is why this song touches people, because they feel they have lost their innocence, their youth, their simplicity. If it is an old negro spiritual, as MrChrispy has stated, that's easy to understand. It comes from a place of deep pain and longing.

[druidia9]

BJ - sorry to hear about your mum. I too wish it played at my funeral. You're welcome; it was my pleasure.

[mimiluvfromsf]

@peterlinie3 I hear your heart... I feel the same. It's a strange and scary time now. The world needs a Savior.

[reversengr]

Also thanks to production by the multi-talented and under-appreciated Roy Wood (The Move, The Electric Light Orchestra, etc) and Louis Clark for flute, brass, and choir arrangement. (Louis Clark also provide the choir and orchestra arrangements and conducting on E.L.O.'s classic albums). I just heard Annie Haslam singing "Going Home" for the first time last night on a used vinyl of "Annie in Wonderland" and I can't stop listening to it! Simply beautiful!

[marjimdt]

such a voice. Thank you for posting

[CrimsonKing589051]

@MrChrispy777 lol, is it always that way? Had similar experiences (though not married!). Always wondered why is it so hard to initiate people into her singing, in spite of her voice.

[MrChrispy777]

I always knew it to be an old negro spiritual. Annie sang the song, but did not contribute the lyrics to the Dvorak music. I kept playing Renaissance in the house, just after getting married. My wife was a Gloria Estefan fan, and pooh-poohed Annie's singing, at first. She soon became amazed at how clear and beautiful her singing was, and with such power! She was converted.