Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Us 10 the place Wnere the poet wrote MS
song. We must accept Evolutionary. Ii
you will visit Anacostia and make inquiry
regarding this matter. you will find
that every person in the village who has given
il any thought will tell You that Payne wrote
Home Sweet Home there and will point to
the old chestnut tlee at the old Talburtt house
a. the snot where it was written. 1t is a matter
OF absolute belief with thu people, and of
course they are very proud of the distinction.
This neiShborhoOd tradition and belief is nv
authority for the statement referred TO, and /
must continue to accept it until better proof is
produced IN favor Of some other place.
ONE OF THE CLAIMS.
Mr.. Griffin Hughes. in an interesting letter
addressed to The STAR, claims that the song
was first introduced to the public in an opera
in London in 1875. many years before Payne
ever visited Washington. This is true so far
only as the name and sentiment are concerned.
for the words and music as then produced
were radically different from the revised YER
zion finally adopted By the author, which the
following comparison will show:
line original Home, Sweet Home" as sung
BY Miss Free in the opera OF 'Celari' in 1921
.''lIij pleasures and palaces though may roam
Bs = ever s. humble. there's no Ll4ee hke home.
Ae-AIh IRON ,iie SAFES seeins 70 lalsO" Us there.
siAke the love- OF mother.
elsewhere.
There's spell in the shade
Nh-rr our infancy p.ayed,
Evea STRONGER than time and deep than despair
An exile from home. sp!enlor dazzles in vain,
Tie bud. and the lsnbkins dat come at my call
Those v no named me with pride,
Give me them, With tue innot en- garer than all,
Only h. ;oys Of the Palaces thTogsh which roam
Some years after the foregoing was written
the two following stanzas were added to the
song IA 1 presented by Mr.. Payne to O Mrs
Bates, a relative of his, then living in London:
TOus. in Dc, lite of the absence or years.
Prom a-iUIeen;s ab=oaa, wiich but fiaiter the eye.
Ahs ailSat Shed heart turns, AMI says; with sigh.
There's no place EIe hOl.e:'
Your exile is best with all fate can bestox,
Isut n.ins hls been checkerr,l with many a woe;
Yet tho different our fortunes our thoughts the
And both. think Of Columbia. e1clain-
There's no place liks home;
There's Eo place Lac LOme."
The following is the author f nal revision Of
the song-the words and music OF today-and it
was. believe, arranged at the Talburtt house
In AnacOstla=
he y eve, 30 htn,ar lEsEr no Place IKE home!
winch -. through The world. Ia MEEK let With else
Horne: home sweet. swee, home.
here's Nc liafe liSe hOHle
There's EO place like home.
An s1i.G from home sPlenaof ,iazzles in vain.
!, ne o. d 'ii.-int aai hat anne At ny all
GIVE LIE ,tsia.Ian u, Ir u I,nd bearer than all!
Iae-y's n pace l.ks honle,,,
There's 10 place 4.ke home"
The song was revised and rewritten three
different times. but i; is the third or final re-
vision that tie people Of Anacostia are par
tiealarly Interested in.
FIRST DRAFT WRITTEN IN PARIS
The first draft OF the song was probably writ
ten In Paris. where the poet did considerable
literary work The air. q Siciiian one is said
To have been first heard by the author from, the
lips Of q peasant girl, anu suggested the words
But there are various theories ON this point,
The Old home of his childhood. at East Hamp-
tor. l. J., was always dear TO the poet and
IL is very likely that he had il IN mind when he
wrote the song.
The pTOduc uOn of "IIcme. Sweet Home" in
the opera OF .'C!arI' was decided hit Miss
Tree exquisite rendering of 10 On the occasion
won for heT n wealthy husband. In fact the
song made the fortunes Cf all concerned in its
introduction except the unfortunate author.
THE PREsESI VERSION OF TIE soxa
Mr.. Payne returned to tine United States in
1882. after absence abroad OF eighteen wears.
sad three years afterwari he makes a tour of
the southern and western states ia the interest
of literary periodical that he is about TO
start Reaching Washington he spends some
tlne here and Is introduced into the TaIburtt
family Young George ". Talburtt who Is
nov seventeen years of age. took a fancy to the
poet. and when Payne renewed the visit some
nSv years later. young 1alburts and he became
warmly attached 10 each other. Ii vas during
this later visit. IL is claimed by AnacostIaus
mat the Enal and preseu version of the famous
song was arranged and written at the old Tai
burtt mansion. During this STAY in Washing
ton, which lasted until 1872. the poet had much
leisure time at his disposal, which he largely
devoted 10 literary WORK lie revised several
OF ms earlier productions and was a regular
contributor to the press Of the city.
lalDurit was IN his twentles at this time and
was an enthusiastic lover of music being a
vocalist of some note. IL Is matter of we'll
established neighboThood tradition that the
poet consulted him freely while revising the
song, and that thew sang 1t together To a piano
accompaniment III the old house. The old
plano Used %. them Was until recently in the
possession OF Nc. Talburtt's widow, now living
ON Capitol Hill, who voUches for this fact Ii
Is also said that Daniel Webster and William l..
Marcy, who were friends and admirers of the
poet, accompanied him on more than one Of his
visits to Talburtt's
Here will let Anaeosta's connection with
the production Of the immortal lyr:c rest with
ths parting assertion, founded upon an honest